"I’ve had a point and shoot since high school and love to play around at photography. The other day I picked up one of those camera specials at the big box store – you know, where it comes with a body and a lens all in one?
So I was thinking, I’m pretty good at photography, and because I haven’t had a raise in five years and my husband has been out of work for 18 months, I think I’ll make some money at it."
@pwallis --- ;-) It is serious. Building a business is serious work. There needs to be a plan and a realistic look at what it will take to make it work.
To be honest though, as one of the commenter's said, these tongue n cheek articles written by "professionals" are getting really quite tiresome now. There is already enough elitest BS in photography, why add to it?
@dmortega quite agree with it being serious work. I'm doing a gallery show at the moment and friends think it's all just "click click, roll in money!" - not realizing the amount I've spent in gear, processing time, shooting time, energy, framing, etc. I just thought she was serious about it all being "easy" at the start of the article.
That was good. It definitely puts things in perspective; I know a few people who think it's all "point click" and hope for some good shots, but even as a hobby it can be a pretty fair amount of work.
I understand why these articles might be off putting to a novice, but, at least in my case, it helps bring me back down to earth. If you truly love it you can succeed; if you don't know what you're in for, you'll have a pretty hard time at it.
I actually fell into one of those traps pretty recently; not with photography, but I definitely overestimated how much work and time something like this can be.
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Good point, where is your business license? Insurance? travel mileage? When do you do all the paper work? Family, who are them?
I'll keep my day job, thank you.
I understand why these articles might be off putting to a novice, but, at least in my case, it helps bring me back down to earth. If you truly love it you can succeed; if you don't know what you're in for, you'll have a pretty hard time at it.
I actually fell into one of those traps pretty recently; not with photography, but I definitely overestimated how much work and time something like this can be.