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Mistaken identity

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"You Wish" Austin, 2016
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/8, 1/300 sec, ISO400
 “You Wish” Austin, 2016

Yesterday I was returning to my minivan and I spotted some writing on my windows! Someone had used lipstick to write “You Wish” on the rear passenger side. WTH?! For a second I pondered what it meant… perhaps it meant “You wish your car could fit in the small parking space.” But that didn’t make any sense since I wasn’t in a compact car space.

Then I realized that this silver Honda Odyssey was not mine. If you look just past it, you can see my car tucked away in the next parking space… ah, a case of mistaken identity, by me. Whew!

Staff photos

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I’m pretty much unofficially the official company photographer at my work, and one of my tasks has been to take headshots of employees. Since I’ve been with the company for close to 11 years now, I’ve taken many, many, many headshots…

These days I sometimes use LinkedIn, and I see lots of these headshot photos that I have taken. It’s fun to see, and I am flattered that they still use them, but I find it somewhat odd that people who are no longer with the company still use the headshot I took.

It got me wondering about the rights to the photos… I don’t care too much about it, but I did spend company time on each photo, and used the company equipment and facilities. I guess I feel that it’s a bit unprofessional to keep using the company photo when you aren’t with the company anymore.

Besides the issue described above, some of those images are probably over five years old… it’s really time to get a new one taken, people!

Is it a hobby?

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I was listening to a podcast the other day, and the host said something like, “… whatever hobby you might have, whether that is photography, quilting, reading, etc.” And I thought… is reading a hobby?  I mean, to me, reading is just something that I like to do. Like watching movies, or listening to music. I wouldn’t consider those hobbies.

Or is it just me?