Nice shots. Bet the fishing is better in #3.

Nice monster!! Why does it say EXIT going to the house?

Looks like fun!!

There are plenty of cowboys and cowgirls where I live.

Is it still that bad? First time I went there you could get anything for a bar of soap or a package of gum.
The last time I didn't even go ashore.

Was in Manila once. Guy tried to rob me on the launch going back out to the ship. I threatened to through him overboard and the guys running the launch made him settle down.

That's right. Two ways to make money. Sell to the people who have the money to pay for it or sell the products of someone who is good enough to provide the product - the house.

A lot of photog. laugh at people who take the first camera out of the box and start making money but it can be done. In the 60s I was a Merchant Seaman running between the West coast and VN. I bought a Polariod Land 100 that had just come out to film my travels. Of course everyone on the ship wanted me to take their picture. I was sitting in a bar in Seattle complaining about buying all the film and everyone else getting the pictures. Some guy I didn't even know said "why don't you sell them?" I said "Sell them? How much?" He said "$1.50". While I was making a sign "Color Photo in 1 Minute $1.50" one of the city guys in there checking licences told me I needed a permit. A $5.00 occupation licence. The bars in Seattle closed at 2:00am. so I went to New Orleans where they go 24/7. I would leave the appartment with $2.00 in change, drink beer all night (long necks .25) and get back home the next day with $30-$40 in my pocket. I went on to do Portraits of Mom and kids in their home, and fashion photography in beauty salons. My last gigs was Computer Portraits making I Love Mom t-shirts and banners in the flea market. There are ads on there internet for Cruise Line and Convention Photographers now. They say experience and equitment required but for a price they will provide both. Good luck and have fun.

Me too!

Yeah, I liked DOS and hated the lack of freedom in Windows because I could never find the right place to click.

When I was in my 20s I thought we were about 10 years behind England in heath care. If Obamacare works it will turn out we were about 40 years behind. Glad it took that long so I don't have to mess with it.

My first profesional was a Polaroid Land 100. I would go from bar to bar first on the Seattle waterfront then in the French Quarter in New Orleans with a sign on my case "Color Photo in One Mimute $1.50". Those photos were snapshots. Later, I went to peoples homes with a twin lens Roli, 3 three lights, and a backdrop to take photos of Mom and the kids. I would pose them so no arms and legs ran out of the picture, say something like "say purple pickels" then snap the shot just as Mom smiled and the kids giggled. When the sales person took the proofs back for them to pick the pictures for their 1 8x10, 2 5x7s, and 6 wallet size for the $29.95 package those photos became portraits.

Thats right! Walk noisey!