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Seems like everyone wants to be a professional photographer now on these days. Just keep learning, keep shooting, and have fun.
I don't. In fact I've been going out of my way to avoid it at all costs.
I keep getting asked to do weddings because I have a big camera (obviously they've never seen my work, or they... wouldn't be asking). I agree-I have no desire to do that. Or portraits of people, families, and pets. I have been roped into taking product shots for a couple clients thanks to my stepmom and my father in law... Hey, it's money, and I haven't disappointed them yet.
Unfortunately for me I got roped into doing senior pictures for one girl and now I'm going to be stuck doing two more shoots for friends of hers. I tried to beg off but couldn't get out of it, well at least not without maybe making things a little uncomfortable at work.
Worse yet a friend of mine sells real estate and his company was having problems with the photographer they hired. He bailed on a scheduled shoot for one of their houses so the guy called me up and begged me to come out and shoot it for them.
Now he wants to replace their old photographer and even wants me to reshoot several houses and some city scapes for his website.
I really didn't want to do it but the guy is an old friend so I agreed to fill in temporarily until they could find a replacement.
I really like being am amateur and just taking pictures of what I want when I want. Not really wanting a part time job but for now at least I'm kind of stuck.
So I think from now on if anybody asks me how to open their own photography business my advice will be just start telling everyone you know that you don't want their money and you don't want to be a pro. Seems to be the best way to get people to want to pay you to take pictures.
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