Goals for 2007 - the final appraisal = met most expectations, development required on others!

Before I think about goals for 2008, here's a review of my 2007 goals and progress...

1. To be a regular attendee at CCC - Have been to all bar two sessions in 2007 CCC season.

2. To complete the population of my website and to build in the purchase prints facility - Decided not to progress this, since not in a position to launch any print sales just yet...

3. To have one or more of my prints available for sale in a local outlet in/around Cambridge - Failed! (Didn't try, though).

4. To sell some of my prints to paying punters (this could be linked in to number 2). Again, no sales. Have not really tried, though.

5. To have some more "success" in CCC competitions and perhaps inter-club competitions too - this has definitely been achieved. Came third overall in the serial projected image competition, and won the Creative section of the Annual Digital Championship (as well as the 2nd in the same category). Also got a commended in the Creative section. In 2007/8 season, got a First in the first print competition, and a HC in the first projected image competition.

6. To enter one image in this year's CCC Annual Exhibition - Yes, achieved this.

7. To enter, and hopefully be placed in at least one round, a national photo competition (e.g. a magazine "Photographer of the 8. Year" type competition - I did enter one competition, but was not placed. Did not enter again!

8. To obtain Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) status in Photoshop - This didn't happen, but didn't try/have time, and also don't have CS3!

9. To begin the process of obtaining another photographic "qualification", through CCC - I am going to attend the Aperture group in 2008.

10. To stop buying as many books and magazines, and start doing more photography!! - alas, failed on this so far; have done very little photography, although no new books have been purchased. Magazine purchases down greatly too - only really buy 2 a month.

So, achieved some of the goals and some were - in retrospect - not achievable without more time and effort!

Must think of achievable goals - but still stretching - for 2008.

Ivan