Just before Christmas 2007 I was made redudant. It was quite a shock to the system but it was perhaps a great incentive to move on.
I was working in the equipment room of a rental studio in Melbourne and was doing a little bit of shooting for myself when I found the time. The same day that I was made redundant I received two phone calls from people asking if I was available for assisting. I wound up with two weeks of work straight after I left the studio.
After those two weeks I took some time off and relaxed and went diving for a bit and then got straight into shooting a bit more and letting the photographers that I had made contact with at the studio know that I was now available for assisting.
The shock of no longer having to go to work everyday and not having a regular pay check took some time to settle in (i’m not sure I’m used to it yet 8 months on). But the realization that now whether I eat this week or not is on me and only me certainly gave me the hunger to look for work. Sink or swim.
If you find yourself stuck in what you’re doing right now, jump. You’ll land on your feet somewhere, and if you don’t you’ll have the drive to claw your way back up
ps. some new work on my folio – Personal Work
