Let’s face it. The value of a digital camera drops like a rock over time. I spent $1300 on a Nikon D70 in 2004. It is now worth about $300, without factoring in the inflation. How to make the photography hobby worth the big price tag besides the pure enjoyment? Read this interesting post on the personal finance blog I will teach you to be rich. In addition to what were said there, I found selling photos is another obvious way of paying for the cost of photography hobby. I made enough on a micro stock photo site (with just a few hundred photos) to cover the cost of the D70, a D200, and half a dozen decent lenses in the past a few years.
It’s never too late to chase your dream.
This is the motto of 53 year old Terry Isaacson, who had a dramatic career change from a auto body mechanic to a fashion photographer. Read this inspiring Daily Herald story.
The Jerusalem Post has a story of how Robert A. Cumins, the photographer who specializes in documentary photography in Middle East, captured the second hijacked plane crashing into one of the the World Trade Center towers six years ago.
The photos have won numerous awards and were featured on magazine covers such as Time and People. The event also profoundly affected the photographer. There is also a related story (2006) on the Montclair Times, in which Robert shared his 9/11 memories.
Slorker has a collection of the pictures that changed the world. It appears that most of the photos were taken by members of the professional press. In the age of digital photography, it is so much easier for an ordinary people to take a photo using digital camera and distribute via photo sharing sites such as Flickr, PBase, Picssa, etc or via blogs to a large audience. Perhaps you could also capture a world-changing photo.
This is the first time I heard of World Photography Day. Apparently every August 19 is the World Photography Day. Here is an article talking about how technology has transformed photography from the “exclusive domain to an everyday celebration”: Photography: A long journey thru lens.
What do you take pictures for? Document your life? Have some fun? Has it been difficult for you? How did you get where you are today? What subjects are you interested in? What’s your attitude towards post-process? Do you photoshop a lot or just shoot it and leave it? Do you want to become a professional photographer? Have you found friendship via mutual love of photography? …
Each of you will most likely have very different answers to these questions. It is also not surprising to find some common grounds between two persons. Read the story of two men sharing passion for photography and tell us what you think.
Do you love photography? I do. Are you passionate enough to give up your car and fiancée for photography? Umm… DailySun has a thought-provoking interview of a Nigerian photographer George Osodi.
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