Hi Aaron, I feel the same. When I first got interested in photography and discovered I both enjoyed it and, IMO, had a knack for it, I started dreaming of being a professional photographer.
Now I've come to realize that if it was my sole means of making a living, the fun would be gone and it would be like most other professions. Fun and exciting at first, followed by periods of satisfaction, followed by periods of realizing that this can get pretty boring, followed by periods of acceptance that this really boring, followed by periods of the only reason I'm doing this anymore is for the money. The one exception to the this might be if travel and landscape photography was the only thing I did. Shooting what somebody else wants, wouldn't thrill me. It's nice to go out and shoot, knowing that supper on the table doesn't depend on the results. OT: Have you seen any Ultraman, a 60's Japanese sci-fi series? I'm thinking of obtaining some. Tom C. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~# I have spent my photographic life (since 1970) taking "statement" pictures - a record of life/a scene/and in more recent times photos of growing children to send to distant family. No more! As a result of all the information here I shall be testing my abilities, rather than my camera, which I know is excellent. Time for the "WOW!" factor. I'll send pictures to family with some creative thought behind them. Milkem (ask Cotty! Big grin) - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
