John M. Setzler, Jr.

Doc Watson

I think I officially ended my sports photography work for the local newspaper on Friday night with coverage of the Hickory Crawdads vs. the Lake County Captains at L.P. Frans Stadium in Hickory, North Carolina.  I really loved doing this work and I’m gonna miss it, as I posted earlier.  I start my new part-time job tomorrow afternoon.  I’ll be working in the custom framing department of the local A.C. Moore store.  I have experience in framing since I spent about 18 months working in another local frame shop.  I had to leave that job because of conflict with my school schedule.  That shop isn’t open at night or on the weekends.  I’m having to change jobs because I need something steady and regular while I’m in school.  The newspaper work was on contract basis.  They called me when they needed me, and I went out to do the photo assignments.  That worked out very well for a long time but recently, the work has dried up and I can’t make ends meet with the small amount of work I’m getting.  I needed to be brought on as a part-time staff photographer to get a guarantee of a certain amount of work, and couldn’t make that happen.  The newspaper said they would still like to use me when I’m available, but my availability with this new part-time job is going to be weak and not really when they need me to be available.  I’ll be giving them my schedule for a while, so they will know when I’m available.  I figure that they will eventually find another person to take my place.

When I get out of school in about two years, I hope to be able to go back to doing the sports photography regularly…