Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dr. Elliot Puritz wrote: >>> Nathan: I am not being entirely flippant...Why don't you seriously consider > a career in Photo-Journalism? You love it, and are obviously quite good at > what you do.<< Hi Nathan, Trust me don't do it!!!!!!!!!! Nice to have as a quiet thought in the back of your mind, just don't take it seriously! Unless you're prepared to start your life over beating your brains out against mentally and visually challenged editors in a world where they want their pictures almost free! And with no space in their publications for decent photo coverage of any subject! Besides you have a fine position of work, so enjoy it and use it to allow you to continue enjoying your photography without the perils and frustrations as a working professional. And in today's world of "everyone thinks they're a photojournalist" you're going up against a tough crowd! Keep your job, stay home with wife and children, live long and prosper! :-) And enjoy your photography as you do today. Take it from the old guy..... "it's an ugly frustrating job that can become extremely frustrating at the best of times!" No matter how good a photographer you are! That doesn't say it isn't fun, exciting, wonderful, emotional, fun, tiring and brain beating and fun once again! Oh yeah and unless you're in the right discipline of photography you'll be monetarily poor for the rest of your life if you are a photojournalist! However, you'll have the possibility of, "wild and wooly excitement, exotic moments of danger and heart stopping terror" which are all conducive to the richest life you can imagine. ;-) Now if you can handle all that? Go for it! But don't say you weren't warned. ;-) ted Ted Grant Photography Limited www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html