Help is needed in every aspect of this artistic pursuit!!!...It's time to find the person(s) who will develop into the key personal assistant(s) that have been missing in this crazy photographing/publishing pursuit I've overseen for the last 20 years.
I've had any number of "helpers", but I really now need to find the right combination of people to take me to the next level of my pursuits. Everyday of my life is completely different and it's had to find people that are as wildly diverse as my daily activities require. I've done it now for so long that it's second nature to me, and I do have an amazing amount of patience with assistants...but now is the time to find some amazing people who mesh with me and these pursuits.
Some behind the scenes of what is involved in what I do, and some of the previous helpers doing some of the "tasks":
assist with framing,.................................................. learn some creative portraiture techniques.........................& see some very beautiful sights!
Work on my 2009 Sonoma County Calendar, numerous picture books and a Sonoma County DVD project are all underway. Image editing and event coordination for the calendar & the creation of an audio visual DVD project, blending still photos, video and original digital audio creations are at the forefront of the current pursuits.
I need to find the person that has looked at this site and truly felt this is something the would LOVE to do and be a functional part of, and can sense the passion I have for my work. Yes, I need about 5 people, but one super special person would be awesome right about now, or at least several semi-super special people!
I essentially need a clone of myself, but obviously that's not possible (yet), but to find a gifted soul with a true passion in life who understands that this art is a business and the business is a part of the art, that would be wonderful!!!
The artistic people that have crossed my path over all these years, so many times are artistically impassioned but are absolutely clueless as to business...likewise the business people quite often are wonderful in that side of things, though quite often are rather dry and uninspired....so what's a gifted Gemini artist-business person to do!?????
If this work and philosophy intrigues you, please feel free to introduce yourself...my time is so very limited, but all the more reason to find some patience and openness to the possibility that someone's out there and personally in a position of their life to be involved with this process and artful pursuit in a positively contributing manner. I can offer a degree of on hand-on experience, but I'd love to find someone that is fairly advanced in at least some of what I do, as this web site presents!...my life is my art, and that needs to be understood. Yes, I might post something on craigslist or various sites or in personal search listings sources, but someone who is already intrigued enough to have gotten this far into looking at this site...is already way ahead in the process.
As many hours as you could give is what I'd love to have, from a dependable person who has an exceptional passion for imagery, and a profound desire to learn/expand their skills in all facets of photography/videography & publishing & developing/furthering MacIntosh skills. Details and the realities of this can be discussed with people that are sincere as to this possibility.
If the right person is out there, things will fall into place, and all the details could be discussed sometime soon, so if this is ABSOLUTELY appealing to you and you are extremely interested and RELIABLE, please inquiry soon with your interests, experience, passions and possible samples of whatever it is your artistic/business/lifes passion drives you...I'll do what I can to get back in touch in a timely fashion.
Some more of what you would do; Learn to look at scenes differently............................and deal with inventory and general administrative stuff.
Possible photographic travel trips.............................& helping to keep the clutter of the office under control, along with various administrative things.
janover@sonic.net