Mike said: "I'm afraid I have to categorically disagree with you. If you can afford to buy a £1000+ piece of kit after 6 months as a legitimate business,doing something you enjoy, in a way that does not impinge drastically on your family life and you are still part-time, then you are successful by any measure I can think of. I was only being tongue in cheek about my presentation of the statement about success."
ah-ha, but there's a catch! i haven't paid MYSELF a wage yet! i am lucky enough to have a hubby who allows me to "live" in a financial sense, so that ALL of the money i make (at this stage of the game), can go straight back into the business setup. Mind you I have allowed enough out of that to pay for Santa this year, and all of the starting school expenses for January, so I guess I have achieved SOMETHING financially at least, out of it all... In saying all of that though, if you work out the amount of hours i have been in front of this computer over the past 3 months, I have probably earnt about .50c an hour! Of course that will change when my website is finished though, I am spending up to 8 hours a day on it at the moment, scanning/preparing images, designing, writing the code, uploading etc... tan. ----- Original Message ----- From: "mike wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 9:22 AM Subject: Re: card storage in the field Hi, Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: > Mainly because to date, most of my work is locally, and as I explained > yesterday, we are in drought and there is very little disposable income in > these parts. This will change in the coming months when I really begin to > travel on a regular basis as I can charge alot more "down south" than I can > here. Also, I have been currently charging "per roll", rather than a > sitting fee and then selling prints. All of this will change very soon, and > especially so when I get the *istD (or another Pentax DSLR if one is brought > out that supersedes it on all levels). Makes sense, especially in light of.... > Up until probably 2-3 months ago (a period of around 2 and a half years), I > have been doing photography for people just as a "cash job" or "hobby" > basis, it was only recently that I have set up as a legitimate business. Although.... > NO WAY would I say that I am "successful"! (although I know that you did say > it tongue-in-cheek). I'm afraid I have to categorically disagree with you. If you can afford to buy a £1000+ piece of kit after 6 months as a legitimate business,doing something you enjoy, in a way that does not impinge drastically on your family life and you are still part-time, then you are successful by any measure I can think of. I was only being tongue in cheek about my presentation of the statement about success. mike
