60 in 600

60 in 600 – July 2nd, 2015

60 in 600. This is such a clever idea that I wish I could say that I came up with it myself. It’s always fun to put out a photography based bucket list and goals that I want to accomplish in the next 600 days. I’ll come back to this and link these to the blogged accomplishments as they occur. Here are 60 goals that I want to accomplish in the next 600 days. It’s true that we never/rarely hold ourselves accountable for goals when we fail to write them down. We’ll I have some lofty goals that I want to accomplish and I wanted to share them with you so you can help keep me accountable. I printed these out so I can put them on my list. Although this list exist, it wont be my motivation for completing each task, I want to complete each task as it will help me grow as a photographer, husband, father and man.

Start Date: July 2, 2015

End Date: February 21, 2017 (Elijah’s 7^th birthday)

Here’s a link to the website I used to calculate the date.

1. Shoot a destination wedding outside the US
2. Shoot an engagement session in New York
3. Shoot a wedding for 10 different wedding planners
4. Give 10 albums away to venues that I enjoy(ed) shooting at
5. Shoot a engagement session or a bridal session with a dancer: ballet, tap, modern, hip-hop on stage.
6. Shoot a Nigerian wedding
7. Shoot at Chateau Cocomar
8. Get a wedding featured on The Knot
9. Get a wedding featured on Munalunchi
10. Enter photos in a print competition
11. Blog something personal once a month for three months straight
12. Become an Assistant Principal
13. Travel to California
14. Take professional pictures of my newborn son or daughter
15. Put down hardwood floors in my house
16. Shoot the cover of a magazine
17. Get my principal certification for the State of Texas
18. Ride a roller-coaster with my wife
19. Paint the entire house
20. Donate a camera to a kid that is less fortunate and teach him/her photography
21. Shoot a military wedding pro-bono
22. Gift a client a wedding album
23. Take family photos from a professional photographer I admire
24. Shoot an engagement session or a wedding in Las Vegas
25. Shoot a wedding in Ohio
26. Shoot a wedding in Miami, Florida
27. Put granite countertops in the kitchen
28. Shoot a wedding that my wife does the make-up for
29. Shoot a wedding in Puerto Rico
30. Shoot a wedding in Hawaii
31. Shoot and or assist on 40 weddings in a calendar year
32. Participate in 5 bridal shows in a calendar year
33. Shoot the wedding of 5 fellow teachers
34. Add an associate photographer and a package for the associate photographer
35. Take pictures of a celebrity at an event
36. Shoot an engagement session themed around hot air balloons
37. Shoot an engagement session themed around a bowling alley
38. Shoot a wedding at The Bell Tower on 34^th Street
39. Print an album for me and my wife
40. Print at least 10 canvasses for my family
41. Win a Fearless Photographer award
42. Get published in 10 publications
43. Get wedding published in Style Me Pretty
44. Get wedding published on Junebug Weddings
45. Get wedding published on The Knot
46. Take a vacation with wife out of the states
47. Get a wedding published or featured… 7/9/2015
48. Take a cruise
49. Market myself in San Antonio for Weddings
50. Market myself in Austin for weddings
51. Be in the top three for Houston Engagement Photographers on Google
52. Be in the top three for Houston Wedding Photographers on Google
53. Be in the top three for Galveston Wedding Photographers on Google
54. Create a photo book for the kids
55. Shoot with a Canon 1dx as my primary camera body for weddings
56. Own 10 sample albums for clients to see
57. Travel to England
58. Travel to Greece
59. Travel to Africa
60. Attend a workshop of a well respected Wedding Photographer