Almost Famous

It finally arrived, my August copy of Shutterbug magazine complete with an amazing review of my work from someone I never met. I think of how critical I am of my own work, and that of my peers so it means a lot to me to get such wonderful feedback from someone else in the trenches. Since shutterbug is an enthusiast and industry publication, I'm not excpecting a lot of my clients to see it so I ramped up marketing to tell the world ( around 1500 contacts ) not a ton but you need to start somewhere.

Perhaps, I'm better known then I think. Yesterday I spent a wonderful day with my daughter at Gilroy Gardens, a kiddie theme park. As it was just the two of us, I found myself talking to the woman in front of me in line - also a lone adult. Turns out her two youngest girls are very similar in age to mine and so we stood in line together, chatting and watching our two girls have a good time. Even though I was an hour from home, I managed to meet someone who lives 5 miles from my house, and whose children attend the day school at our church. Talk about a small world. Alas I do have a point. Upon our departure, I handed new found friend a card with the hope that we could get together again sometime. She took a peek and giggled, "You're Jennifer Hogan the photographer? I feel like I just met a movie star - I've heard about you and seen your ads."

And there you have it. I'm a household name - at least in my zip code :-)