RANT - Photography Business

[manaheim]

Thoughts...
Stop worrying about everyone else.:mrgreen:

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[xj0hnx]

Everybody would LOVE to have a job they LOVE, work 5-10 hours a week taking pictures, and get well paid for doing so! THAT'S what the unknowing public perception of a professional photographer is.

Wait ...what? Then how come I put in 113 hours this pay period? WTH, I got juked

 

[astroNikon]

I love the threads of a newbie saying they want to go Pro .. but need to buy a camera and have $500 max to spend.
Newbies can get off to a strong start. But usually the lack of revenue or the lack of quality catches up to them.

Basically .. don't worry about anyone else. Just make sure you put the energy into how and what you do to make sure it is the best.

I'm not a pro. But I did drive past a Holiday Inn Express this morning.

 

[imagemaker46]

Enjoy the hobby, you'll live longer.

 

[Steve5D]

RANT BEWARE:
I'm sorry guys, but come on seriously. It seems like every man and his dog I know wants to become a "professional photographer" lately.

Thoughts??

Why does it bother you? Why are you so put off by what someone else wants to do?

Worry about yourself. If your business is adversely affected by some hack with a camera, then your business was in a lot of trouble long before the hack with a camera showed up...

 

[robbins.photo]

RANT BEWARE:
I'm sorry guys, but come on seriously. It seems like every man and his dog I know wants to become a "professional photographer" lately.

Thoughts??

Why does it bother you? Why are you so put off by what someone else wants to do?

Worry about yourself. If your business is adversely affected by some hack with a camera, then your business was in a lot of trouble long before the hack with a camera showed up...

Did someone here call for a hack with a camera!

Umm.. nope.. guess not. Crap. Oh well, in case somebody does just let me know. Lol

 

[snerd]

Got a relative who bought a D5300 last year. Posts to Facebook. Friends Oooooo and ahhhhhh. Tell them how great they are. They could be a pro! So they put up a FB page for business, create a website at wix, I think. Open for business! Remarks to me awhile back that a camera course is in the near future so they can "really" learn how to use it! Their work? Ugh. On my level, beginner. But some money has already changed hands, so there ya go!

 

[astroNikon]

RANT BEWARE:
I'm sorry guys, but come on seriously. It seems like every man and his dog I know wants to become a "professional photographer" lately.

Thoughts??

Why does it bother you? Why are you so put off by what someone else wants to do?

Worry about yourself. If your business is adversely affected by some hack with a camera, then your business was in a lot of trouble long before the hack with a camera showed up...

Did someone here call for a hack with a camera!

Umm.. nope.. guess not. Crap. Oh well, in case somebody does just let me know. Lol

But you are a Hack with TWO cameras !!

 

[sscarmack]

In all fairness. I've seen some "PROS", who should not be pros let alone a beginner. Just sayinggggggg.

 

[Derrel]

RANT BEWARE:
I'm sorry guys, but come on seriously. It seems like every man and his dog I know wants to become a "professional photographer" lately.

Thoughts??

And you call yourself a professional ranter? With that tame little rant? Ohhh, puhhhh-leeease! ;-)

Yeah, there are a boatload of professional photographers in every town and city these days. The tipping point was the first Digital Rebel, which was prices at just under the magical $1,000 US price point. That price barrier opened the floodgates. Within a few years, there was a full-blown phenomenon occurring, as reported by The New York Times in the spring of 2007: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/27/your-money/27iht-mplay28.4.5478740.html?_r=0

 

[PixelRabbit]

I'm starting a new movement , Rabbit With A Camera, you have been warned!

 

[bribrius]

well. I think it comes to a point, when you have a potentially expensive hobby. That you either learn to live with what you have for equipment, win the lottery, realize you were born with a silver spoon you never knew about, or contemplate making some money on it to continue further into the field. The idea that everyone can drop 20k + into something without any return clearly isn't rational.

Perhaps some shouldn't really be considered pro. But this is free market capitalism. Perhaps in a communist society who could shoot a camera pro would be decided by others. In this one the free market does.

 

[robbins.photo]

Why does it bother you? Why are you so put off by what someone else wants to do?

Worry about yourself. If your business is adversely affected by some hack with a camera, then your business was in a lot of trouble long before the hack with a camera showed up...

Did someone here call for a hack with a camera!

Umm.. nope.. guess not. Crap. Oh well, in case somebody does just let me know. Lol

But you are a Hack with TWO cameras !!

Well sure, I'd hate to have one break down and interrupt my busy photo hacking schedule. Lol

 

[JacaRanda]

 

[bribrius]