Recently I posted an article entitled “How to overcome your fear of not succeeding as a photographer” Ironically I ran across this letter from a professional photographer to someone who placed an article on PetaPixel stating that photography was indeed dead as an occupation. She’s really funny. You go girl.
Dear Mr. Kim,
I read a blog post of yours reposted on PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2014/10/22/advice-aspiring-full-time-photographers/
In it, you give advice for aspiring full-time photographers.
It’s filled with lots of exciting tidbits like:
“I think being a full-time photographer is overrated.”
“I think there really isn’t going to be a market for selling images in the future.”
“There is nobody really making a living selling prints, selling books, or licensing photographs.”
“Images are pretty worthless (in the marketplace)”
“Start a blog.”
“The “traditional means” of being a full-time photographer is over.”
“The only photographers I really see making a living “shooting” photography include commercial photographers and wedding photographers”
And then you write, “realize that my advice isn’t probably any good– because I have never made a full-time living just from shooting.”
And I can’t help but wonder why on earth didn’t you just lead with that sentence?
Now, I realize you don’t know me.
Unlike you, I don’t make a full-time living teaching workshops. (90% of your income-wow!)
I don’t make any kind of living teaching workshops, actually.
I don’t make any kind of money from Amazon Affiliate advertisements on my blog.
Come to think of it, I don’t have any advertising on my blog.
But I AM a full-time photographer, so your words mean something to me. And I suspect they mean something to all the hard working men and women who DO make their living not with workshops, but with their camera.
To see the rest of this response visit her blog
Source: Missy Mwac
Image Source: Colby Stopa
