Here’s the third of my interviews, I am quite getting the hang of this now. 

This time it’s another photographer and this one is Jennifer Moore.

Here come the questions….

This is a “happy” photo, and it was taken at a very happy time in my life.  My boyfriend and I were traveling in celebration of our 6-month anniversary.  It was a very nice weekend.  Here it is, two years later, and we are as happy as ever!  I also just really love the colors.  The chairs look so inviting.

Jennifer also wanted to say that “In addition to photography, I am a writer/editor and a mixed media artist/crafter.  All of my shops can be seen via my blog at http://dragnrags.blogspot.com “

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All done! Painless as usual. 

Here’s my favourite shot :

"On The Ground" - Click here to buy

I have decided to interview fellow photographers and artists from Etsy.com and Folksy.com. Rather than be all “me, me, me” for a change! Hopefully in return they will mention this blog to their friends, so I do get something out of the arrangement. 

First up is Michael Garbutt from all the way down under in Sydney. He’s a photographer who, like me, sells he wares on Etsy.com – you can see his work here: Michael Garbutt Exotic Photography

So here are the 5 random questions I posed and his replies:

1. Where do you live?

I live in Sydney, Australia 

(That one was too easy)

2. Out of all your photos, which is your favourite and why?

Tough question. I love them all dearly, but if I have to pick one it might be Marrakech Back Alley: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=24237984 - it really typifies the exotic sort of photos that I love to shoot.

Marrakech Back Alley - Click here to buy

3. Where is the most interesting place you have taken photographs?

I’ve been fortunate enough to shoot in all sorts of wonderful places. I have to go with Petra in Jordan, though. That’s the place they shot the end of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and it was recently voted as one of the New 7 Wonders of the World. It’s truly amazing, photos don’t do it justice and you could spend a week exploring everything it has to offer.

4. Do you do this full-time or do you have a 9-5 job?

Neither, actually! I’m a full time student studying to be an English teacher. I sell my prints in an effort to raise money for new camera equipment and to travel, and it’s working out pretty well so far.

5. If money was no object, where on the planet would you like to visit?

Iceland, closely followed by Easter Island. They both seem to be such photogenic places and I really want to get in on the action. It’s just a matter of deciding between ice and volcanoes, or enormous stoneheads.

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That wasn’t too bas was it? I could be an interviewer on TV, there’s nothing to it. Here’s another of Michael’s shots, this one is my favourite from his Etsy shop:

"Tank Traps" - available to buy on Etsy.com

More interviews to come soon (the requests are flooding in!)

I am in the process of creating some “shop” pages on my website.  So instead of forcing visitors to go to Folksy or Etsy, anyone can buy one of my prints from www.dan-jackson.com

I installed some free software called “ZenCart” but it was the ugliest mess I have ever seen, so I threw it in the virtual bin.

That means that I have to design the software myself using HTML, beer, music and inspiration. It will be “powered” by PayPal for payments as that seems the easiest thing to do. If I want to use credit card payments direc tto my site it would appear that I have to sell my soul to the devil and fork out some money. 

As I have neither a soul or spare money, I am doing the cheap and cheerful option. 

More to come soon…..

(apologies, this is decidedly dull blog update, I’ll try to rectify that tomorrow with something more interesting.)

It’s about time I started to promote myself a bit more and drum up some interest in my photos.  Firstly, I’ll be blogging more, maybe even everyday. 

Secondly, I am running a competition. It’s very easy to win, here’s how:

1. Visit my blog. Well done, you have done that bit correctly. 

2. Sign up to my blog to receive email updates. To do that, fill in your email address in the box over there to the right >>>

Then when you get an email asking to confirm, just follow the instructions to become a subscriber. 

3. That’s it. I’ll pick two winners at randfom after a week or so (I am too disorganised to have an official closing date)

PRIZES!

WOOP WOOP!

First Grand Awesome Prize – The first prize winner will get any 10×8 print they want from my Etsy / Folksy shop and a pack of 4 greetings cards. That’s a grand prize total of £20 TWENTY ENGLISH POUNDS!

Second Prize  - Either a 10×8 print or a pack of greetings cards – the choice is yours. 

Win this! FOR FREE!!

You’d be mad not to enter. MAD!

Greetings cards as a prize? For free? ARE YOU MAD?

So sign up now, before we all get Swine Flu and die.

I haven’t posted for ages because I have been on holiday, working hard and am lazy. Mainly the laziness. Firstly, we went to Scotland (more on that later) so that meant i neglected this place for a while, but that’s just an excuse I am using. 

In my last post I told you all how I got mentioned on the Collings & Herrin Podcast. Well we went to see Richard Herring live in Warrington. It was great and we got to meet him at the end and I had my photo taken with him. 

That’s a rubbish story. 

Anyway, here’s me and Richard

Me and Richard Herring