As I'm sure most of you now know, a recent report ranked being a photographer or photojournalist as two pretty crappy jobs to have in its list of  the 200 best and worst jobs of 2010:

#122 Vending Machine Repairer
#125 Waiter/Waitress
#126 Photographer
#131 Maid
#134 Undertaker
#156 Dishwasher
#189 Photojournalist
#190 Butcher
#195 Garbage Collector

With the hope of putting a little smile on the face of a miserable, cold, starving photographer, I am officially declaring this Appreciate A Photographer Week.

So here's your project for the week.  Try to send a little message to a photographer you admire every day.  A simple email will do and be sure to let them know it's "Appreciate a Photographer" week!

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P.S. You can totally appreciate me all you want!  Check out my photoblog!  And you know what, while I'm at it, I'm going to offer up a 10% discount to the first 20 people who buy a print this week!  Just choose from this selection, click the "Buy Print" link under the photo and when you're checking out, enter this coupon code:  58C324