Therein lies the difference between the railfan photographer and the pro shooter who happens to like trains. The railfan shooter willingly spends his/her own money to do something that we pros get paid to do. Given the choice, I'll be a pro any day.
Some railfans once asked me to go with them on a railfan outing to shoot diesels, and, kiddingly, I asked them to whom should I send my invoice. They could not believe that I was not interested in going along "for the fun of it." Maybe I am just jaded, but that sounded like work to me. (I might have gone along had it been steam.) John B. Corns --> SPORRS: Serious Photographers of Railroad Related Subjects
