Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tde Grant wrote Being a professional photographer always appears to others as, "WOW that's I want to do, travel the world, meet people, go to interesting resturants!" I mean, "you can't shoot on an empty stomach!" said Napoleon!" :) The truth of is, 90% income earning assignments are very mundane and merely put funds in your pocket. The interesting and exciting stuff is the 10%, the assignments that pros like to talk about because that's where your'e always in fun time, albeit damn dangerous some times. There's always the excitment adrenilen rush to make you hully gully! :) And a happy camper shooter.:) - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------- For more reading on the "glamor" of being a freelance photographer/foreign correspondent I would reccommend reading Anthony Loyds' My War Gone By, I Miss It So, an achingly moving story of his 3 years in Bosnia. No pix though. Jonathan Lee