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MikeWaters · 09-20-2006, 11:35 PM

So this guy has paid me a couple of times to take pictures of him and his son out at the one of the local bike races.

Now he has asked me to take photos of the shopping malls his company builds, for use as art in the hallway, etc.

That's cool. But I've turned down extra medical work (which pays quite nicely) to spend more time with family. I'm not sure I want to be taking photos of strip malls at a lower wage. Although I find the challenge of photography to be fun.

More to the point, I am seeing how photography can snowball, just like any small business. Two other guys now want to buy photos from me (that I've already taken). One of these guys has suggested I come out to the velodrome and take photos, he would buy them, etc.

One of the brightest kids in my high school, went on to major in engineering at Cal Tech. Nerdy Asian kid. Anyway, years later, I find out he is married to a doctor and is a wedding photographer. Too weird.

If I keep this up, I'm defintely going to need a commercial website and business cards. What I'd really like to do is high-end portraiture. That would be cool.

09-20-2006, 11:35 PM	#1
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Mike Waters, photographer So this guy has paid me a couple of times to take pictures of him and his son out at the one of the local bike races. Now he has asked me to take photos of the shopping malls his company builds, for use as art in the hallway, etc. That's cool. But I've turned down extra medical work (which pays quite nicely) to spend more time with family. I'm not sure I want to be taking photos of strip malls at a lower wage. Although I find the challenge of photography to be fun. More to the point, I am seeing how photography can snowball, just like any small business. Two other guys now want to buy photos from me (that I've already taken). One of these guys has suggested I come out to the velodrome and take photos, he would buy them, etc. One of the brightest kids in my high school, went on to major in engineering at Cal Tech. Nerdy Asian kid. Anyway, years later, I find out he is married to a doctor and is a wedding photographer. Too weird. If I keep this up, I'm defintely going to need a commercial website and business cards. What I'd really like to do is high-end portraiture. That would be cool.