Last month I wrote and asked, “When did I become a futzing photographer?” To be completely honest with y’all, when I started posting pictures online I had one hope, not that it could help me get my Franklin Park photobook made, but to get one of my pictures selected as Jamaica Plain News’ Photo of the Day. I can scratch that off the bucket list. I did it yesterday. more “I got it: Photo of the Day!”
I’ve been kicking around an idea for a book to write after I finish the rewrite of He’s With the Band. It’s a book of photographs of Franklin Park here in Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood. I’ve seen some nice books about Franklin Park but the ones I’ve seen have older pictures, and while there’s some nice sites with pictures of the park there’s no book of recent pictures. The idea is for it to be partly a travel book, but more a book for Boston residents (and former residents) to use to get more out of our beautiful park.
My biggest problem: I need some new gear to make the book and my budget for it is nonexistent, so I’m going to turn to Kickstarter to try to fund the equipment I’ll need to make the book. more “Coming Soon: J.M. Hardin: The Kickstarter Campaign?”