The best photographers do it because it pleases them. If by chance they happen to sell their images, it's frosting on the cake. Remember, you can't please everybody, so just please yourself. Richard Cooper ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Fraser" <Gregory.Fraser@pwgsc.gc.ca> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 9:26 AM Subject: Why bother? > Good day list members, > > I've been in one of my regularly scheduled bouts of depression lately and I was considering giving up photography. I'm not a pro so its not feeding my kids and its really just using up money. So I was wondering if there is some reason, of which I'm not totally aware, to take photos. > > Does anybody know of a good non-monetary reason to take photos (other than to record our own lives and the big moments in the kiddies lives? > > Greg Fraser > >
