Living with Tammy

With everything we are doing in the modern world you would imagine that being multi-talented is one of the top things all employers are looking for. Certainly, in the experiences I’ve had the ability to do more than just one thing has always been important. Which makes it all the more baffling when others look down on you for not specialising. The idea of being, in my case, a photographer and a writer is so odd that I’ve had sneers aimed at my duality. The latest incident happened only a few weeks ago, with what I must admit is a much more successful videographer than I am in ways that I never hope to be. The conversation was heading towards what we know, what our experiences have been and what we are currently doing. Which is a simple enough answer, I am a copywriter at my full-time job but a photographer whenever I feel the urge. I still dislike taking posed pictures, family photos, wedding shoots or even baby shoots. We’ll get to why that is later. However, as we talk...

It’s a funny thing being a gamer with ulterior motives. Normally we would spend hours each night playing our latest find, or maybe even forcing our way through something we hate just to say we did . But then comes the all-important bit of living life, the part that means we need to work, talk to people and complete a checklist of things society expects from us . Now, I’m not saying there’s anything bad about this. On the contrary I think it’s pretty great having more than just one part of your life fulfilled. It’s the others that make this life so funny, we all know that friend that grew up, he or she would be the front man in high school when we wanted to play games . That same person is now part of a family and hasn’t been online since this console generation got announced. Their friends sit in a corner and scoff, “they used to be so fun, now it’s all family”. Yet, from the other side it’s the gamers that are scoffed at, it’s hard to see at first. ...