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Work is like that. It's work, it's not supposed to be fun. And sometimes it isn't. Sometimes you take the job to pay the cell phone bill or pad the bank account a bit. To the photographers who can afford to be prima donnas, more power to them. That's great. I know from photojournalism that it's the best job ever. But because my work is all metro/local coverage I'll never get that same amount of recognition or respect that the guys who go to Syria and the Sudan get. That's where the glory is. But someone has to cover the crazy boyfriend murder suicide, the high school basketball team winning the championship, the flood prone areas that the city has ignored for years. It's not going to make me one of PetaPixel's or DigitalRev's "top 25 photographers" but it has to be done and it absolutely deserves to be done well. I don't mind being that guy.
As far as weddings go. I charge an hourly rate. I don't mind doing a two or four hour wedding. It's still money in my pocket. And I charge enough that it's a profit not a burden. But if someone wants a photographer and they're paying enough to warrant my time and talent. I'll take their money.
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