~Lost In the Adirondacks~ : Photography as a career

Monday, September 1, 2014

Photography as a career

Having worked for railroads the last 35+ years I have had a job that I was good at and made very good money. No one will ever mistake me for Bill Gates but I want for nothing and have enough to move on from this career and chase down my dreams.

To be a good photographer.

While there are a lot of photographers that have made great money ,a lot more then I have over the years , I realize that there is a hell of a lot more that don't make much at all. I could of never been a professional photographer , its a lot of handwork and money was never a motivating factor for me when it comes to photography . I would of starved.

Now that I'm at the end of my career and can dedicate my full attention to my love of photography , looking back , the gamble and choices were worth it.

below is a link to what photographers averagely make a year . Yikes !!!

http://work.chron.com/much-money-professional-wedding-photographer-make-3280.html

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Thoughts rattling around in my head

I can remember the nuns leading me by the ear , but for the life of me I can't remember anyone ever having to lead me by the hand.

It's easy to gain the love and admiration of a child.One just has to get down low so that they can look you in the eyes on their own two feet.

Playing catch with your dad is like tossing dreams back and forth.Some you'll catch and some you'll drop and maybe after a while some will come true.

Laying back watching the stars I can't understand how anyone could not believe in an almighty. God may of left us to fend for ourselves , but she's there .

Know your heart , know yourself and set a compass bearing harmonic to both.

Every time you look to the stars you are seeing something new.

Every photographer has their own rules they use to achieve success , success for me comes from breaking everyone of them.

Mathematics is the purist language of all . Whether they realize it or not scientist are learning to talk in the same language God speaks.

It is with photography that I'm able to talk with God in a way that we both understand each other.

Baseball is life itself , no matter where you are the goal is always the same . To get home safe and sound .

William Ernest Henley

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

Quotes

What's the use of being Irish if you can't be thick?

Billy Conn

How come you never see a headline like " Psychic Wins Lottery"

Jay Leno

If I were two-faced , would I be wearing this one?

Abraham Lincoln

When I was a boy of 14 , my father was so ignorant , I could hardly stand to have the old man around.But when I got to be 21 , I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.

Mark Twain

I gave my father 100 dollars and said , "Buy yourself something that will make your life easier." So he went out and brought a present for my mother.

Rita Rudner

I think I am , therefore, I am. I think.

George Carlin

I brought some rat poison ,the girl asked me , "Should I warp it up or are you going to eat it here?"

Rodney Dangerfield

Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home.

Bill Cosby

Any kid'll run an errand for you if you ask at bedtime.

Red Skelton

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a women's birthday but never remembers her age.

Robert Frost

I ain't afraid to love a man , I ain't afraid to shoot him either.

Annie Oakley