Well. You never know what's gonna happen.

I woke up and my previous blog template went kaput.

So here's my new one entitled, Water Color.

It's lovely and easy on the eyes but does it say, "Expressive Arts Coaching" like the last one?

My Creative Life is a weekly interview, with the same five questions, with folks who are living authentically, creatively, and making a living out of their passions.

This week I am honored to have Erich Camping, a Rochester, NY photographer. To describe his work as lovely, artistic, intriguing are all understatements! See what I'm talking about at his website www.campingphoto.com and also check out his photoblog http://www.erichcampingphotoblog.com. The photo of Erich in his studio was taken by Steve Pfost.


1. What do you do? (career wise - whatever you want to share)
I am a photographer specializing in Natural . Fine Art . Wedding Photojournalism

2. How did you prepare for this career? (formal and informal education, books, workshops?)
BA from SUNY Empire and R.I.T. l also attend yearly conferences and workshops

3. Besides living according to the values of creativity and independence, what other values are you honoring by following this path?
More than anything humor and trust define me. Keeping life real is also very important to living life to its fullest.

4. What struggles or challenges do you face, if any?
My challenges are balancing family life and my career. Being self employed is much more difficult than I ever dreamed.

5. Can you give some advice to folks who would like to do what you do?
Work hard and smart. Do what you love, and develop a niche that is unique to you.

Thank you Gus23 for hosting a wonderful month long series called April Art Attack!
Getting to know the many different artists and their process is a treat.

An extra big thank you for posting my artist profile!

Check out Gus23's blog!

2/23/09 When I began planning my business close to three years ago, one of the first things I did was research different website options. And boy did I research. I signed up and did a free trial run with many and also contacted several web designers for quotes. A couple sites I test drove were: artspan.com, foliolink.com, foliosnap.com, wordpress.com, and TypePad.com. Each had their merits and deficiencies. Not entirely happy with any of those options, I was about to pay someone to create a site for me when the perfect (ok, close to perfect) site option came to me through an ad next to my hotmail account. (example of effortless manifesting:) )

My website www.TheExpressiveArtsCoach.com was created by me, a moderate geek, and for FREE by using Microsoft OfficeLive. (No, I am not getting paid to write this.)


Here are some personal highlights:

• no downloading any software
• layouts are versatile
• the changes are instantaneos
• no need for FTP sites, so uploading images is a snap
• map module
• events calendar module
• custom navigation
• collects contact information
• quick customer service
• FREE!

So go ahead and get empowered with a custom fancy schmancy website.
My site doesn't have the flash of Flash but it gets the job done.