I'm completely self-taught so what am I even talking about? I bought a penny whistle at the Irish Fest here in Kansas City a couple weeks ago. I think I'll try to get some gigs playing it at weddings. Ha ha ha ha! Lea the most wonderful things in life aren't things On Sep 25, 2011, at 11:12 PM, Herschel Mair <herschel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > What I love about professional photographers is their sense of entitlement. It would stun a Pharoh. It's hilarious. > I get a lot of lucky shots and, honestly, my degree isn't worth the paper its printed on. My experience is a hit and miss business. I'm on the street like a newbie and often the newbie will get the job instead of me. They'll have a so-so baseball player pic in the portfolio and the client wants a baseball player shot. My beautiful pictures of cricket players only serves to illustrate that I can't shoot baseball players. > > But I remember being a newbie and getting breaks and the way it made me high so I just smile at the memory. The newbie will do the job without an assistant and without $20 000.00 lighting. But he might have the necessity and spunk to think of a new way to do it and come up with a new and fresh image. > > The profession's dying. The need for it is dying. Maybe it was never of any value in the first place. "Professional".... hahahaaaa.... what are we, brain surgeons? >
