Hi Frank, No way am I going to disagree with you. My wife wants a Routemaster bus, I was a manager in charge of said machines at one time, but I love them. It is quite possible to work in an industry and enjoy it as a hobby ~ can be expensive though!!
Malcolm -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of frank theriault Sent: 20 January 2002 18:13 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT -- sort of -- What makes a photographer? Hi, Malcolm, I hear what you're saying, but it's not necessarily so. This may not be the best analogy, but, I've ridden bicycles my whole life, from the time I learned to ride a "two-wheeler" when I was three. I LOVE riding bikes. What have I been for the last five years? A bike messenger. What do I enjoy doing on weekends (when the weather's good)? Getting on my bike (often with some amount of camera gear in tow), and going for a nice ride. Just 'cause you do it for a living doesn't mean that you can't still enjoy doing it in your spare time, even if you may not particularly enjoy the type of photography that you may find that you have to do professionally. regards, frank Malcolm Smith wrote: > 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 optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer - 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 . - 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 .
