How to Become a Photographer (Page 3): :thumbup: :thumbup: And dittos to the original post.

Bozsik Loc: Orangevale, California

MT Shooter wrote:

The SCARY part is; there are a LOT of people out there doing JUST THAT!!!
But this forgot the step of stopping off at Office Depot and getting your professional business cards.

:thumbup: :thumbup: And dittos to the original post.

erickter Loc: Dallas,TX

big ed wrote:

It seems it is easy to become a photographer :mrgreen:

Sounds exactly like the work ethic and character of many 20-30 year olds. Pretending rather than contending because, well, it's quicker.

Moles Loc: South Carolina

Vistaprint!!

Bill Houghton wrote:

Is that where you get them. I am on my way out the door now. Thanks for the tip MT.

Bozsik Loc: Orangevale, California

erickter wrote:

Sounds exactly like the work ethic and character of many 20-30 year olds. Pretending rather than contending because, well, it's quicker.

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DVJ

And you can work out a way to take expenses off your income tax, too. Unfortunately, after 3 years you have to show a profit. Not problem, however: 3 years a photographer, vacation a year, and then 3 more years a photographer, and so on...

Don Craig Loc: Saranac, NY

srs wrote:

Oh, c'mon. I'm sick of belly-aching about being a "professional" photographer. If you have talent and love photography, then you are a photographer. If you have no talent and call yourself a photographer you'll soon find out that you're not. Stop whining and shoot great pictures. You should be out there shooting, not sitting here complaining.

it's Sunday morning. Show us your pictures. :)

chapjohn Loc: Tigard, Oregon

The other day I visited two parks to shot nature. The first park had one photog doing senior pics. The other park had three photogs doing senior pics. I was amazed at how young all photons were, not more than 25yof. I do not shoot people' but I could do better than what these photogs were doing fpor poses and backgrounds. I do not want my enjoy,went turned into work, so I will not be a pro photog (although all my so-called friends say I should sell my images).

wdross Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado

big ed wrote:

It seems it is easy to become a photographer :mrgreen:

I followed the advice and followed MT Shooter advice on cards, and the customers are still not pouring in! What could I be doing wrong! Do I really have know how to shoot a camera? If that's true, and it entails work and skills, how will I succeed?

RiverNan Loc: Eastern Pa

Hey that is what I did...hahahaha NOT!

MT Shooter wrote:

The SCARY part is; there are a LOT of people out there doing JUST THAT!!!
But this forgot the step of stopping off at Office Depot and getting your professional business cards.

dcampbell52 Loc: Clearwater Fl

wdross wrote:

I followed the advice and followed MT Shooter advice on cards, and the customers are still not pouring in! What could I be doing wrong! Do I really have know how to shoot a camera? If that's true, and it entails work and skills, how will I succeed?

Network and market, network and market. However, I have a portfolio of shots that I have made in similar situations... Real Estate for realtors, Portraits for portrait gigs, etc.. I have a book of photos (not Xerox images but actual prints) of each type and when I go into a meeting with a prospective client I carry the appropriate book. For realtors I carry the Real Estate, Portrait and headshot books because every realtor needs headshots for cards and portraits for what ever. I also provide pamphlet pdfs of properties that the realtor can take to Kinkos, Staples, etc to have printed in color to give out at open houses or put out for prospective clients. Its easy to do, you just have to spend the time to set them up. I even provide the scan code for the realtor to put on their sign so that if a customer scans it with their camera phone it brings up the realtors website at that property or calls the realtors phone.

Kuzano

And a VEST... lotsa pockets and mesh on the chest.

Mine has a big pocket in the back for Dead Ducks.... yeah, sometimes I "shoot" ducks. Fowl! 8-)

Kuzano

jerryc41 wrote:

Of course! That's why we have over 54,000 members on this forum. :D

Really. 54,000 members.... REALLY!!!

How come every time I log on and check I hardly ever see more than 400 members logged in.... And when I get on, 300 of those are the same members, day after day after day .... ad infinitum.

Let's all post at once.... pick a time... and take a head count?

:shock:

twowindsbear

Step 6 - Buy a pack of business card stock & print your own business cards.

Step 7 - Pester the nice folks at UHH about how to operate your 'professional' DSLR camera - rather than RTFM, and how to make 'professional snapshots' in most any situation.

Don Craig Loc: Saranac, NY

twowindsbear wrote:

Step 6 - Buy a pack of business card stock & print your own business cards.

Step 7 - Pester the nice folks at UHH about how to operate your 'professional' DSLR camera - rather than RTFM, and how to make 'professional snapshots' in most any situation.

RTFM...does that mean Run The Fxxxx Home?

Don Craig Loc: Saranac, NY

Kuzano wrote:

Really. 54,000 members.... REALLY!!!

How come every time I log on and check I hardly ever see more than 400 members logged in.... And when I get on, 300 of those are the same members, day after day after day .... ad infinitum.

Let's all post at once.... pick a time... and take a head count?

:shock:

Tonight, at 2 am, when the ADMIN is sleeping.