CW100 Offline Upload & Sell: Off
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graycat wrote:
I started off years ago as dad with a camera. I kept buying gear, started a SmugMug account, sold lots of photos, did a some weddings - hated it, did senior pictures - hated it, but I really liked school sports and working with students. So one day the school I spent the most time at calls me on the phone and asks me to take on their photo/video program and teach students. So now I get paid to teach, take as many photos as I like, buy equipment, and develop curriculum and projects. My job is to share my enthusiasm for something I love because our district believes digital media skills are valuable and worthwhile. It is very rewarding to watch my kids process RAW files and make something they are proud of.
For me, giving those photos away for free back then, has been paying me back ever since, because those free photos opened the door to the photography job that I really wanted. Photography has been financially good for me, just in a different way....Show more →
seems like most of the financial rewards in photography are in teaching - seminars, classes, online- than actually selling photos
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