I know there must be many full time pros here, and I was just wondering how you got started. I shot film for several years as a side hobby during high school and college with my trusty old AE-1 Program until I accidentally left it out in the rain one day. I had made up my mind to fix it, or replace it with a new camera, but life happened and I slowly fell out of photography.
Fast forward a few years and I decided to pick up a Nikon D7500 kit from Costco in a spur of the moment decision almost a year ago. I'm glad I did, because I've hardly put my camera down since. I traded it in for an EOS R after trying it out at Best Buy, despite the salesman's best attempts to get me to buy an a7 III.
Going from film to DSLR to mirrorless in such a short period has given me a wild perspective on the progression of camera technology. I thought I'd be a DSLR holdout until the end of time, but mirrorless has won me over completely, and I don't expect to ever drop the hobby again.
My current job is decent, but making money with photography would be amazing. It seems like the market is shrinking as non-photographers see their phones as "good enough". Do any seasoned veterans have any advice? My primary interest is wildlife photography, especially birds, but I know that's probably even harder to make money in than other fields. Should I go the typical wedding/event route?
Thank you!
Fast forward a few years and I decided to pick up a Nikon D7500 kit from Costco in a spur of the moment decision almost a year ago. I'm glad I did, because I've hardly put my camera down since. I traded it in for an EOS R after trying it out at Best Buy, despite the salesman's best attempts to get me to buy an a7 III.
Going from film to DSLR to mirrorless in such a short period has given me a wild perspective on the progression of camera technology. I thought I'd be a DSLR holdout until the end of time, but mirrorless has won me over completely, and I don't expect to ever drop the hobby again.
My current job is decent, but making money with photography would be amazing. It seems like the market is shrinking as non-photographers see their phones as "good enough". Do any seasoned veterans have any advice? My primary interest is wildlife photography, especially birds, but I know that's probably even harder to make money in than other fields. Should I go the typical wedding/event route?
Thank you!