{"id":328,"date":"2017-12-28T10:30:45","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T16:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/markgunterphotography.com\/abo\/?p=328"},"modified":"2017-12-28T10:26:17","modified_gmt":"2017-12-28T16:26:17","slug":"closing-brief-review-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markgunterphotography.com\/abo\/closing-brief-review-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Closing Out: A Brief Review of 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Closing out 2017, things are good with\u00a0<em><strong>Anything But Ordinary<\/strong><\/em>. After well over a year of complete silence, I finally sat down to upgrade the software behind the blog. In so doing, of course, I lost the previous work. In theory, I could recover it all, but with all that life has thrown at me, it simply wasn&#8217;t worth the effort. So, here we are.<\/p>\n<p>This year has found me working closely with several local businesses from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/beamazingtalent.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Be Amazing Talent<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wovenlifeok.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Woven Life<\/a>. As usual, my bread and butter has been headshots for business professionals, models, actors, authors, and more. I enjoyed a variety of work from model portfolios to engagement parties. One of my favorite jobs was photographing some wonderful jewelry for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/felicityjewelrydesigns.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Felicity Jewelry Designs<\/a>. And, who can forget the always enthusiastic <a href=\"http:\/\/natesbootcamp2016.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nate G<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>I cannot thank my clients, both corporate and private, enough for their support. There is a lot of work that goes on behind the scenes for this part-time professional. You have been kind and generous in every way. Your biggest impact, however, is that you give me purpose. I strive to make you happy with the end product. While I definitely do this to keep you coming back, it also keeps me going. You help stoke the fires that keep me fired up and trying to one-up myself each and every shoot. Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>In closing, this is the 18th post since Halloween. Two posts a week, every week, really doesn&#8217;t seem all that hard. That is, unless you&#8217;re the one doing the writing! I have no shortage of things I would like to talk about, but while this is my blog, it is your attention span that ultimately matters. If you are reading this, I hope you will take a moment to leave a comment. 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