Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Aah, Slave to the Rythym..... - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Herr" <telyt@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 12:47 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] price of art prints (was re: kyle's fine art) > on 3/11/02 9:00 PM, Tim Atherton at tim@KairosPhoto.com wrote: > > >> I, too, would love nothing better than to "work as a fulltime > >> photographer" for a living - the reality is - it is my profession as an > >> accountant that provides the standard of living that allows me to do > >> things like buying a Leica - so I think that is a sacrifice in itself - > >> ie. getting up every day and doing "the duty work" - if I was able to get > >> some pleasure out of selling any work, even at a reduced rate, it would > >> making the getting out of bed as an accountant more of a pleasure. > >> > >> Karina > > > > Ah Karina, > > > > different philosophies of life - I would rather die than have to "do the > > duty" work... I'm on my third career - photographer. And the previous two > > were work I did because it was what I wanted to do and something I loved > > doing at the time. I've never made the "big bucks" - similar amounts in all > > three careers - but I work doing something I enjoy, so it isn't really work > > (apart from having to do my books and taxes :-) ). I'd rather be happy! > > > > tim > > > > My S.O. - She Who Must Be Obeyed - would probably have something to say > about my quitting my day job as a mechanical engineer in order to do what I > love doing. I do sell photos (THANK YOU to LUGgers who have bought them!) > but it's not nearly enough to feed and clothe the kids. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > www.wildlightphoto.com > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html