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Okay, I think something was misunderstood here. I’m not intending to make money off of this at all. The calendar idea was just an after thought, and like I said, the proceeds would be going to charity. I should also note, that I specifically say in my video that this is not to make money, because of those copyright laws. The only reason I was considering the calendar was because people asked about it, many of whom are artists who deal with the comic book world. It is nothing set in stone, and if bothers people enough that I’m selling fan fiction for charity, I wont do it.  Easy as that. Further more, if you’re going to call me a criminal for doing a photo series that are just pin up interpretations (most of the images will not even be using any copyright logos), then you have to sling the same accusations to every fan artist out there who sells there work for profit, which again, is something I’m not doing.

 

Also, this is more than just a cute hobby to me, which is why I’m putting this much effort into this. I’ll be putting a lot of my own money into it, and I’ll be treating the final images as portfolio pieces. A lot of people are making use of sites like IndieGoGo and Kickstarter to help fund projects like this. Commercial portrait photographer, Joey L., just wrapped up a campaign on Kickstarter to raise money for a documentary he wanted to create. He’s way more successful than anyone who frequents this site, and I don’t see anyone giving him any flack for asking for help on a project.

If you don’t want help, that’s totally cool. You don’t know me, so it makes sense. I just know that in order to do what I want to do as far as this series is concerned, I can’t fund it completely on my own, which is one of the huge purposes behind websites like IndieGoGo; to help independent artist, inventors, and companies create whatever is they want to create.

 

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Indeed. I’ve been around long enough to realize that someone will definitely take the job without thinking it through; most likely someone who doesn’t understand overhead expen

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They’re studying something else in college, but I don’t believe they have any intention on changing their major.

I think that’s what irks me the most, is people actively pursuing other careers (like nursing or something) who decide to say photography is their passion and they’re going to charge for it and try to run a business. If it’s a hobby, that’s one thing, but when you make a crudely thrown together website on wix.com and say you’re going to open your own studio with the help of your parents, while you are going to school for something completely different, which is also very time consuming… that’s completely different. That’s when you’re a fauxtographer, to me anyway.

We all start off somewhere, and maybe if I was on Facebook 8 years ago when I started, I would have posted a status similar to this as a high school student going into college, as a way of declaring my major to family and friends. I just know this person isn’t going to go to their academic adviser and decide to change their major. They’re going to pick up a camera, and probably do exactly what browneyedgirl suggested.

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I’ve done this twice, and it is a littler nerve wracking for both you and the person popping the question . Both times, however, the person proposing let me know well before hand so I knew what to look for. There is nothing wrong with asking. If they’ve been together forever, it wouldn’t be a horrible question to ask, even if the answer is no. I would recommend a hand gesture, wink while she’s looking away, or a code word rather than a cough as a single, simply because it’s a little more clear.

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