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Question: Photography from a hobby to a career!?
I was wondering how to turn photography hobby into a career, or somehow earn some profit from it!. I see many professional photographers but they do not earn money for their work!. So how can i contact companies or any tores that need photographers and good skills, or just turn the hobby to a career!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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I have earned my living 100% with commercial photography for over 20 years!. Photography sales is like any other sales: Identify prospects and convert them into customers!. How!? Like others have said "It depends"!.
Photography also happens to be my hobby!. What I shoot for 'work' and 'pleasure' rarely cross over!. Yes, I have sold photographs from my personal work!. I made over $XXK last year from personal stock sales but I market a specific "style" for assignment work!. YOU MUST IDENTIFY A SPECIFIC STYLE IN A SPECIFIC MARKET and sell the heck out of it!. Posting personal pics to Social Networking sites is a waste of time!. So is trying to do "everything"!. Ok!.!.!. do everything but market specific products to specific markets!. Don't put up a site with people, travel, weddings, fashion, products, and puppies! You will not be taken seriously!. Better to have 3 amazing images in one category than 30 mediocre ones covering who knows what!
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It really depends what kind of photography you do!. Do you want to do weddings!? Do you want to sell prints!? Are you into photojournalism!? If you haven't already, join flickr and join some its professional or even amateur groups and ask people how they got started!. I have learned so much from my flickr friends!. I was a girl who liked to do self-portraits and then got on flickr and started to become more inspired by other people and my skills grew and now I'm in the works of owning my own photography studio! And I'm only 20 and have been at this in a more serious manner for about a year and half!. If you have the talent, and the eye and you work hard then you can do it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

some people take photoes on their friends' wedding!.
they post some good photoes as advertising in internet!.
if some local people need wedding photographer, they could find them easily!.

list of graphic design companies:
http://www!.list-company!.com/company/list!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Have a look at this site lots of jobs, free advice on setting out in freelance and a place to show your photography
http://tech!.groups!.yahoo!.com/group/selli!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com