How do I start my Photgoraphy buisness before I turn 18?

[o hey tyler]

Maybe the OP will be back. She probably had to wake up early and go to school.

Oh, wait...

 

[timlair]

Also, this thread is still going on, lol wut?

I shore do loves me some intrawebs......... theys fantastical.

Ugreid!

 

[timlair]

Maybe the OP will be back. She probably had to wake up early and go to school.

Oh, wait...

HAHAHA. I've heard that so many times. Most of my homeschooled friends could wake up whenever they wanted. But my parents made me get up at 7am every weekday morning. No snow days, barely even sick days, and the occasional 'field trip'. So, if her parents are any like mine, its breakfast at 7, school at 8, "free time" when you're done, chores and other family 'activities' till 9, and bed by 10.

 

[o hey tyler]

Maybe the OP will be back. She probably had to wake up early and go to school.

Oh, wait...

HAHAHA. I've heard that so many times. Most of my homeschooled friends could wake up whenever they wanted. But my parents made me get up at 7am every weekday morning. No snow days, barely even sick days, and the occasional 'field trip'. So, if her parents are any like mine, its breakfast at 7, school at 8, "free time" when you're done, chores and other family 'activities' till 9, and bed by 10.

Hey Tim, did you know that there's finally another Explosions in the Sky album coming out this year? It's been long enough.

 

[RauschPhotography]

Maybe the OP will be back. She probably had to wake up early and go to school.

Oh, wait...

HAHAHA. I've heard that so many times. Most of my homeschooled friends could wake up whenever they wanted. But my parents made me get up at 7am every weekday morning. No snow days, barely even sick days, and the occasional 'field trip'. So, if her parents are any like mine, its breakfast at 7, school at 8, "free time" when you're done, chores and other family 'activities' till 9, and bed by 10.

No offense, but I don't think I could ever do home schooling. I think every kid needs the freedom to do something stupid in their lifetime--it's how you learn what's fun, what should be avoided, and prevent getting charges that actually stay on your record!

 

[robb01]

Well this has been a fun read, *heads off to take photos of ducks and livestock*

 

[DerekSalem]

Chock one up for public school kids on this one.

This thread was by far the most entertaining I've ever read. I do hope she/he/it/op wasn't serious.

But come on guys, you're getting a little tough on the Home-learn-ed!

I was homes schooled K-12. And I'm more 'normal' than most kids at the college I attend haha. It's all about the parents. You either have the, "I dont want my babies being exposed to the horrible world." or the "I don't want to pay for your ass to be put in a private school, and you're sure as hell not going to that school where everyone is getting shot at." The latter being my parents.

That's part of the problem though Timlair...parents believe kids are being shot at in school lol parents don't have to "pay" for public school...even the books can be paid for by the state if you have trouble paying for them. Home-schooling actually costs a lot, but the only reason it's easier is because the state actually gives you a stipend to help pay for it. Some home-schooling parents actually get *paid* for doing it...which is another reason why some families go that route. If you have many kids (which is somewhat normal for super-conservative or home-schooling families...at least in this area) you can actually get paid quite well for home-schooling your kids.


Scatterbrained: Maybe it's just location...because mostly all of the home-schooled kids from the Cleveland area that I knew were home-schooled because their parents didn't want them to be in an environment where their morality would be challenged. Almost every home-schooled family around here is super-conservative and do it to maintain complete control over their kids.

I homeschool my kids for the same reason. I want my kids to have a quality education and our public schools just aren't providing that. I'm sure there are people who homeschool because they want to thump their bible but our reasons are strictly academic. A nice bonus is that my kids grow up "in the real world" they certainly don't have to spend 25+ years training for the chance to apply to it in the future.

That's another assumption that may or may not be true...I went to public school and got a pretty strong education. Public school isn't nearly what a lot of people assume it is...it just allows a lot more. What I mean by that is if a kid applies him/herself it can be an extremely strong education, but if the kid wants to slack off and do nothing...that's entirely possible, as well. *THAT* comes down to the parents making sure their kids are doing what they need to and staying on top of their relationship.

 

[FoggyLens]

Well this has been a fun read, *heads off to take photos of ducks and livestock*

:thumbup: LMAO!!!!!!!!!!

 

[DerekSalem]

Oh I don't know about all that. I haven't taken anybody's advice here and I sell my work all the time. In fact, I have work hanging in finer restaurants. I can't keep it there. An image I posted here critiqued by Siskel, Ebert, Larry and his brother Darryl , and his other brother Darryl , has sold over and over again. 26 prints. 160.00 per.
I'm not kidding.

Critique is nothing more than an opinion. Sometimes it's better not to dwell on the opinion and move forward. You can't please these people. That is never going to happen.
I always see this critique: Well I wish this would have been here, or that would have been there. And then before you know it, the photograph turns into something someone else didn't create.
If you put all this time and money into something as simple as pressing a button, and you have won contests and still think your work is not good enough to sell. Stop now. You sold yourself short and you have no confidence.

It's not that hard. Trust me.

Forgot to comment on this...I meant that as a photographer you have to always be able to take critique. I don't mean "listen to it and change your style", but more along the lines of being able to listen to advice and honestly think about what the person is trying to say. Doesn't mean you have to follow that advice...just saying you will *ALWAYS* be handed critique and advice. Sometimes it's as simple as being able to *not* listen to it. But taking it and retaliating in the way she did is exactly the *opposite* of how to handle it.


So, like Bitters said...have you made that logo yet?

 

[Scatterbrained]

Scatterbrained: Maybe it's just location...because mostly all of the home-schooled kids from the Cleveland area that I knew were home-schooled because their parents didn't want them to be in an environment where their morality would be challenged. Almost every home-schooled family around here is super-conservative and do it to maintain complete control over their kids.


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Meh, it's always a mix, but here if FL I find it to be parents who are more concerned about the educational bit. As an example I can use my wife; both of her parents hold doctoral degrees in sciences and both are liberal democrats, yet she and her siblings were home-schooled, and so were many of here friends. When I meet her friends that she grew up with I find the case to be much the same.

 

[Village Idiot]

I made Anthony Bourdain's Mushroom Soup last night. It just wasn't as magical as the first time I made it.

 

[Scatterbrained]

I made Anthony Bourdain's Mushroom Soup last night. It just wasn't as magical as the first time I made it.

Did you remember the pixie dust? I roast my mushrooms with organic, naturally cultivated pixie methane before making the soup, it gives a very pleasant flavor to the soup.

 

[Village Idiot]

I made Anthony Bourdain's Mushroom Soup last night. It just wasn't as magical as the first time I made it.

Did you remember the pixie dust? I roast my mushrooms with organic, naturally cultivated pixie methane before making the soup, it gives a very pleasant flavor to the soup.

No, but I did drink a ton of sherry....wait...that was supposed to go into the soup before going into me...

 

[Scatterbrained]

I made Anthony Bourdain's Mushroom Soup last night. It just wasn't as magical as the first time I made it.

Did you remember the pixie dust? I roast my mushrooms with organic, naturally cultivated pixie methane before making the soup, it gives a very pleasant flavor to the soup.

No, but I did drink a ton of sherry....wait...that was supposed to go into the soup before going into me...

I've found that Sherry prefers to be eaten rather than drank. YMMV

 

[o hey tyler]

I made Anthony Bourdain's Mushroom Soup last night. It just wasn't as magical as the first time I made it.

Did you remember the pixie dust? I roast my mushrooms with organic, naturally cultivated pixie methane before making the soup, it gives a very pleasant flavor to the soup.

No, but I did drink a ton of sherry....wait...that was supposed to go into the soup before going into me...

Straight up cooking sherry is the only way to pre game prior to dinner.