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Here’s another idea!
Being in business is not merely opening garage doors or registering a business and leaving it at that, no! To be in business means just that – being in business, constantly reinvent your business and branch out to new profit generating, feasible businesses. What this means is that once you have begun something which will be your means of generating money you have to keep doing that in order for money to be pumped in, when I say something I do not mean getting a job for a salary, I mean selling a product and / rendering a service for a profit. Previously i wanted to sell and maintain water dispensers,, with that in mind, I want to start making (manufacture) and selling (distribute) of muffins to students of Vaal University of Technology and North West University.
  The Start-up
What I will need to for this business is, like every business, capital, I need money to make money. I will need to take from the monthly allowance of R500.00 which comes from my father. In that R500 I will need a mere R120.00 to contribute to the R500.00 from the student fund aid which is for groceries and toiletries. Which leaves me with R380.00 to buy the ingredients needed to bake the muffins. To start off with I want to give it a trail run by selling the most popular muffin flavour – chocolate chip flavour.
 The Ingredients and Tools
I will use convenient baking method. I cannot bake so I will be using the ready-made muffin batters which are sold approximately at R25.00 for 500g, this means I can purchase up to 2-3 packs of the easy-mix batter. I will need to spend exactly R88.00 going home to fetch the pans using taxis however I cut that down to R57.00 using the trains, so that means muffin pans will cost me R57.00. I will need paper cupcake cases which are sold at R24.00 for 100 pieces. I reside in a VUT main residence which have working stoves and rent is not paid from my own pocket. Although later I will need a big Tupperware container which ideally can store 60 muffins at a time, a 10l, but for starters I will use what I have which are 2l Tupperware containers. They carry up to 8 muffins.
 Recap: 500g muffin easy-mix batter = 25.00
      Approximately 3 x 8 pans = 57.00
      100pcs paper cupcake cases = R24.00
      Total = 106.00      Â
Prices
The muffins will be sold at R4.00 per cake. If they are to make a profit I need to sell 50 to make a day’s R50.00 profit from a single pack of 500g muffin batter. Considering that I can bake 16 muffins in 20-25 minutes. I can bake 48 muffins in an hour or hour and a quarter at maximum. Now R4 x 48 muffins = R192.00 - translated: that is R192.00 gross profit. I can double manufacturing time to two hours and a half which means double the production and double the gross profit, the total rounds to R384.00. The net profit I get from that is R172.00, which is only from a day’s work.
 Distribution
As previously stated that the primary flavour will be chocolate chip flavour I will first sell that the product to student at the main residence going door-to-door or the more stylistic and favoured approach amongst the black youth (dominant at residence), scream out the product and price in a melodic, rhythmic manner. I will walk through corridors of all the residences three times a week on the same days; Wednesdays, Fridays (after school hours) and Sundays (in the afternoon), the other days I will sell from my room. I will sell on campus as well during my 12:00 – 13:00 break pending the campuses administration’s decision. After some time (when Dr Muffin reaches makes R1000.00 a week – which depends on how fast the muffins catch on to the students) I will be baking three times the production from initial which will be sold on a neighbouring university residence where I have a friend who is willing to sell to his fellow students. He says he will accept R200.00 each every second week (bi-weekly), I will be paying him from the profits I personally made, he will have to pay me exactly the amount of the muffins I set for him, for example, when I give him 40 muffins (four assorted flavours) that translates to 40 muffins x R4 = R160.00
 Branding
The look of the business will be clean, simple yet stylistic… I want to be known as Dr Muffin, the business will be Dr Muffin. When going around I will be wearing a plain, black apron, later I will put Dr Muffin with a muffin logo in front so people passing me will identify me from far and from near they will immediately know what product I have in the containers. The block in which I reside in will always be clean because when customers come in to buy from my room they need to be satisfied with the environment in which their food is being made. This is crucial in a sense that the customers come back due to the cleanliness of the environment. The European Commission states that no matter how innovative the product, if the market does not demand the product it will not make a sustainable business (2001-2005: 25). I will personally take care of the kitchen and ask the gentlemen in the block to clean after themselves each time they cook or wash dishes.
 Banking
Dr Muffin will have a savings account where strictly all of its net profits will be deposited into for I cannot keep it in my possession, I will be tempted to use its profits for personal miscellaneous use. A bank account that will be registered under me as a private person and not under Dr Muffin as a business person, this is because the business will not be able to pay for the interest rates charged on an entity as yet. This savings account will be in a different banking institution from my personal savings account.
Dr Muffin will not be a seasonal business, it will be operational throughout the year and upon customers’ requests new flavours, such as blueberry, will be introduced in accordance to the majority. Dr Muffin seems a lucrative business because when talking to prospective customers they seem to be happy about the prices.The market of Dr Muffin is targeted at the students of VUT and North West University main residence. Â
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INITIATES
FIRST STEP TO MANHOOD
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BUSINESS AS USUAL... OR IS IT?
At first I had the preconceived mentality that when one has a business he automatically assumes the position of being in business or better yet the role of an entrepreneur. This, now upon reflection, is clear as to why I have always thought I have a business yet bears no fruits, reason was simple really… in order to be in business you have to do business and most importantly stay in business. Doing business means going out showing yourself to the public in order to get people to set appointments to source my set of skills in the photographic arena and in turn pay for the products, i.e photographs.
 How I have acquired my jobs thus far has been by word of mouth, a tool which proved over the years to be powerful. In April of 2015 when I took on a five (5) day graduation photographs with a photo/video company contracted by Vaal University of Technology I was met with a predicament of epic proportions – I could not voice out my desired poses to the graduates along with their families, as a result they were as baffled on poses. The second day saw me develop a keen sense of people skills, essential in all spheres of business especially that my field involves people skills. This was my first time engaging practically with one of the core course subject Professional Practice 2. By the week’s end my employer, Mr S Douwenga (who also gave the training), commented on my growth in the aspect.
 With all the confidence bagged from the shoot I started taking in more jobs. Doing business also incorporates the mentality of an entrepreneur this means generating money however way possible – as long as it is legal. Recently I signed a contract with a professional model who has opened a modelling agency as his photographer. The contract was drawn up by both of us. I heeded the advice of Mr T Mathee. As stressed by my lecturer that written contracts are better than verbal contracts during weekly, theoretically engaging our class discussions.
 One mistake an aspiring photographer must never make is submit their work without selection process having been done. This leaves you exposed to damaging reputation for it is said you are as good as your work. Even when the customer/client requires the images straight from camera you must always select what you give them – not everything. The words of my other lecturer Jakob Doman rang in my head when I received feedback from a fellow student whom I filled for, Mr Doman once said the few bad images overshadow the beauty of many. In business of photography it is vital that I maintain a clean record because my reputation is what my generating of money depends on.
 Staying in the photography business entails adapting to new opportunities, “...sooner or later, some assumption you have about what’s critical to your company will turn out to be no longer true” (Johnson:2015), being able to do events, portraits and still life, also going as far as designing logos – an aspect I am practising at the moment with the logo design job pending . When I am on the field I always have to professional. Remember: professionalism goes hand-in-hand with reputation.Â
Money, Money, Money... Money!
After working with money for the past six months not in the perspective of drawing monthly allowance without giving forethought to how I am going to spend it or what I am going to spend it on. That has fortunately changed in favour of my sanity, how I spend money recently seems to impress me, I have impressed myself in the past two months.
 Since having being primarily active in the field of entrepreneurship, my concern was – as is with anyone in business - money. How was I to handle money and most bewildering of all was the probing question of which amount is fair for my set of skills in photography yet again considerate to my market? At first I called out any amount which came to mind, it was on-the-spot-pricing, dangerous for both my business and the prospective customer because one of two things occur (a) I price too little for the an extensive job or (b) I charge the customer more than what the job demands which inevitably leads to cancelling of the job and losing money in the process.
 For the past recent years saving money has been the biggest challenge which I had I triumph over. Prior to learning about handling money in Profession Practice 2 it was as though I did not grasp the importance of money. Now I aim to grow my savings up to/over R1000,00, this will remain in the savings account untouched and only used in case of emergencies whilst I pile on it doing jobs. I am already half way to achieving my objective. Paul Piff (2013) says studies shows that the more money you gain the more confidence/control you gain whereas the manner in which I utilised money was uncontrollable, I used to take the money I did not earn (allowance) spend it on items which will not benefit neither me nor my business, i.e junk food and some even spend on going out with friends. However, tables have turned now that I earn my money I suddenly realise that money is to be spent wisely.Â
 In late 2014, in addition to the savings account, I opened a fixed savings account, PRINCE, with bank (BANK X) under their brilliant, comprehensive banking option for their ordinary users. Its purpose is to save money and grow it at 3% interest with each amount of money I put in the account. This account has stood empty without any funds being injected since the day it was opened, an investment account - empty. All I did was take out money out of the savings account which my father had put in. As a results I acquired high bank charges which puzzled me because I kept questioning how does the cheapest banking option with the least aggressive bank in the country (as led to believe) charge their client R35.00, R42.00 or as high as in the range of R50.00 every month? The answer lied in my frivolous expenditure which led to my unnecessary transactions. Now I know better than to use external ATM’s not of this bank specifically or the BANK X ATM’s because they are just as costly. The best option when drawing money with the bank is when withdrawing from selected supermarkets. The charges when using the supermarkets are as little as R1.50. As a side bonus I have begun pumping PRINCE with funds imperative in the commencement of a maturing financial status.
 It is amazing how even a university student can be reckless with his monthly funds until a time comes to be vigilant, it is said that you never knew what you know until somebody teaches you. I can honestly state that the days of leaving my bank account penniless are over.
IT IS TIME FOR WINTER HOLIDAYS
Time to go home, sit, relax and enjoy my favourite season. This is how I close this semester.Â
Still Boots
Started going nowhere slowly - passionately. But boy am I proud of where it ended at.Â
The work got exhibited in Bodutu Art Gallery of Vaal University of Technology on the 21st May 2015. An exhibition planned and executed solely by second year Photography students. From this I learned the art of framing and hanging.

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#BaldEagle makes off with a morsel of salmon. #birds #fishing
Millipede Spider Conch -Â Lambis millepedaÂ
Like many Strombidae, the Millipede Spider Conch, described by Linnaeus in 1758, and named Lambis millepeda (Littorinimorpha - Strombidae), has shells with a distinctive architecture, although the coloration and the number of projections (digits) may vary regionally.
Shells of this marine gastropod from the SW Pacific Ocean, have 90 - 150 mm in length and are prized by collectors.
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Photo credits: ©JC Schou | Locality: Indo-West Pacific | [Top] - [Bottom]
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Coveralls Never Looked So Good Â
What does a photographer do with a lake, a camera, an aspiring model and an outstanding project?
He does what any decent photographer would, forget about the project at hand and momentarily focus on where the inspiration leads him. Well, that is what I did when I saw the scenery then I could not wait to get my hands on her (the model’s) Nikon D750 with the 85mm. Splendid!
Nnini Moabi -also a photographer- asked me to assist her with her school project. “Sure” I replied, not  knowing what wonders laid ahead. A breezy morning it was however she put out her A-game as an aspiring model for her shot to go well. Need less to say that she will be submitting these photographs as part of her modelling portfolio.Â
All the best. Je t’aime.  Â
My Goodness it is finally over... phew!
After a stress project I finally managed to get it done and dusted. I was given three weeks to produce a project under the title Location Lighting. One workshop and GO! Man was this a mission of a project.Â
I am grateful to Linda (model), she was of the greatest help and consideration - waking up at 05:00 am on a winter morning is no fun activity yet she did it to save my skin. My model, my assistant. This beauty.Â

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And so it carries on, no way the journey ends here, it is only the beginning. with the skaters it has been fun but it is now time...
This is not an image, this is God given
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