The One Without a Title
Recently a friend of my 16-year-old niece emailed me because she is thinking of studying Photojournalism when she heads to college next year.
My first thought was “WHOO HOO the field of photojournalism lives on!!”
My second thought was, “Yikes how do I keep my reply light-hearted and positive when this field has shrunk so much and become so incredibly unstable and scary.”
Needless to say I of course told her I had the best job in the world (because I do) and it’s an amazing gig to have because everyday is full of different adventures, EVEN if some of those “adventures” aren’t as glamorous and adventure filled as some assume my everyday on the job is.
I’ll probably end up writing this again and again in this blog but I am incredibly grateful to have ended up where I am in my career and in my life. Life is amazing anyway and when you are being paid to capture that life around you, how can you not smile every single day!?!? I mean seriously this job has “those days”, heck it has “those weeks”( It was one of those last week ) and a lot of times it seems almost impossible to get anything visually interesting out of certain assignments but that is minimal to how great of a gig this is.
And I wouldn’t trade it for any other job.
I’d even continue to work if I won a bazillion dollars in the lottery….
Well I mean I would consider it at least. 
Here’s some random un-glamorous photo assignments from the past few weeks:
****ALL PHOTOS COPYRIGHT Meegan M. Reid/Kitsap Sun****
Well, there is no designated lottery shopper these days. Wade was up that way recently with his latest female friend and bought me one (we won $7) and Jason has bought one for me during high school baseball. But for the most part, when I feel lucky or desperate (hard to tell the difference these days), I make a dash for the border.
These days all I require is a top of the line camera and lenses bought with your lottery winnings. Who makes your La Te Da runs for you these days anyway?
So, when I win the lottery, do I still need to share with you?