Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 1/7/05 5:58 PM, John Collier at jbcollier@shaw.ca wrote: > The business of photography has nothing to do with photography itself. > Having to put out in such an intensely competitive field can mean long > hours away from home never-mind the required constant self promotion. > > Sometimes passions are best as part-time activities at most. > > I am not advising Doug or anyone else for that matter. Just reporting > what I have all too often seen. I agree, John. I appreciate JCB's vote of confidence (and the others as well) but given my self-promotion and marketing skills and the demands of a family - and lacking the spouse with a well-paying career - I've chosen to follow AA's advice to the aspiring fine-art photographer to get a job in a shoe store to support the passion. Meanwhile I'm working bit-by-bit on the marketing thing ;-) Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com