Some days...

Some days just aren't fun. I can deal with it. I'm just not happy with all the hassle that comes with the job today.

I recently sold an image to a French magazine and I've had to deal with that mess. It sounds like everything is fixed now, so I should be getting paid soon. And then I have another client who wants to short change me on a shoot. I'll either get it worked out or wind up losing a few bucks on the disputed difference. It's not the end of the world, but it's still a hassle. Oh, and I have to resend a disc to a client, because some of the pics aren't pulling up. Did I send a bad disc? Is it their computer? Who knows... all I know is that I now have to re-burn and re-mail a job that should've been closed out already.

Maybe I'm just in a complaining mood today. Sorry. At least you get a chance to see that being a freelance photographer isn't all parties and pictures. It is also dealing with a LOT of messed up business issues that need to be resolved. Things very rarely run as smooth as you want them to. Even with shoots, they are often getting rescheduled and pushed to the very last minute, or subjects don't show up on time.

I'm still happy to be doing it, though. I'll take the bad days as a freelance photographer, because they are still better than many people's good days stuck in a cubicle!