The most unexpected thing happened last week. I received an email from a contributing digital photography blogger on the NYTimes.com - the NEW YORK TIMES!!!!! - asking if he could interview me for an article about taking good pet photos. I was like, Um. OKAY. OH-EFFING-KAY.

But I was very curious how he found me. I've been marketing all over the place, both online and in the real physical world, and wanted to get an idea of how any of my endeavors were working, or not working.

Here was his reply:

I asked my friend how she found your blog. It’s convoluted but here is her answer:

"I went to a knitting blog that I read sometimes…
sheepinthecity.prettyposies.com

In that blog, she mentions a cute little sweater pattern that I was interested in on this site…
nevernotknitting.blogspot.com

Then, under a list of blogs that she follows, this one was listed:
domesticrafts.com

And that is how I found the photog at 5AM today!"

BEHOLD. The power of the knit blog. Why does that continue to surprise me?! Why do I keep taking it for granted?

So here nytimes.com blog post. It's a Q&A and I talk a little about how I shoot and what I shoot with. I think what I wanted to get across more than anything is that good photography is not lazy photography. It's not all about what camera body you use (and thanks to the writer for not asking!), it's not at all about standing around waiting for the moment to happen. Everything is deliberate, everything is work, even - and especially? - the candid ones! I'm constantly learning.

P.S. I managed to finish a pair of socks. Very exciting. A show-and-tell soon.

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