Originally posted by crewl1 Congratulations on the gig, Lauren - was this what you were alluding to a few weeks ago?
Welcome to Cali - whereabouts will you be working?
Yes - in part.
In the San Francisco Bay area.
It seems that I am now a full time professional media/creative/photographer/cinematographer.
I've been wondering if I should make a post about how Pentax changed my life, or just keep it to myself.
Lots of people like to hate and are less fortunate than I am, so I don't like to make a target of myself in real life.
Without the work I have done with the K5 in the last 3 years, I would not have all these amazing successes.
With the K5, I came back into displaying my photographs publicly, selling my work again, and taking my passion to the next level.
So in short, I am working at my company (a technical software GIANT) as a creative type who is tasked with making content centered around my technical expertise and the work I have done with my K5 (and now the K3).
They took my resume, and created a job for me. Literally.
Because of who I am working for now, I will probably have to "tone down" a bit here on Pentax forums.
If Pentax knew who was seeing their cameras as I walked around doing my "thing", they would *totally* suck up to me, and I would never want to sell out my "Pentaxian curmudgeoness".
I NEVER want to be given a camera.
I want to buy what I think is best, and have that freedom to say and do as I please.
I owe my dream-job to the Pentax K5, and is why I am a hardcore Pentaxian.
I will probably be scaling up my operations after the 10-15 part video series, and if they let me, I will be buying Pentax gear to make it happen.
If Ricoh knew, they would FREAK at the opportunity!!!!!
I love how Ricoh ignores passionate folks like me who love Pentax and the brand, and I can't wait until someone in the future realizes and connects the dots that it is *me* who is promoting the brand in places they could only DREAM about being - as I live out my dream!
It serves them right for banning me from speaking my mind on their Facebook page.