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Originally Posted by Oldbabe
Is anyone a professional photographer? What else do I need to consider? What are the difficulties that I might encounter as a beginner?
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I've shot professionally and worked with and around pro photographers over the years. It's an extremely competitive field. As much as creative ability, your salesmanship will determine your success rate. Plus luck. Everyone has both digital cameras and digicams these days, requiring you to be exceptionally skilled, a master of marketing, lucky and/or connected....just to break even.
If you have identified a specialty, then shoot thousands of images, develop your portfolio, launch a website, join the pro associations, and make a name for yourself.
Or, like the rest of us FIRE-types...enjoy the hobby!
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