http://prophotobusinessforum.com/2009/11/the-size-of-the-rat/ A safe place for amateur photographers with pressing business questions seeking honest, straightforward critiques. Thu, 28 Jul 2011 02:51:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://prophotobusinessforum.com/2009/11/the-size-of-the-rat/comment-page-1/#comment-117 Christian Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:27:01 +0000 http://prophotobusinessforum.com/?p=608#comment-117 Good article. Kevyn's response summed it up perfectly :). Good article. Kevyn’s response summed it up perfectly .

]]> http://prophotobusinessforum.com/2009/11/the-size-of-the-rat/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Kevyn Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:54:29 +0000 http://prophotobusinessforum.com/?p=608#comment-116 Glad you pulled this one from the round file, Scott! A number of months ago I went to an evening traveling sales show of a hughly successful portrait photographer who was "on tour". There were 50 seats, all filled. He asked "Honestly, who in here would quit shooting weddings if they didn't need the money?" 49 hands shot up like 4th of July bottle rockets. How sad is that? Oh, I know, there are things we all would rather not do (like bookkeeping), but to have a core revenue stream as something you secretly detest? Loose your passion and your careeer becomes your job, your business becomes your boss. Glad you pulled this one from the round file, Scott! A number of months ago I went to an evening traveling sales show of a hughly successful portrait photographer who was “on tour”. There were 50 seats, all filled. He asked “Honestly, who in here would quit shooting weddings if they didn’t need the money?” 49 hands shot up like 4th of July bottle rockets. How sad is that? Oh, I know, there are things we all would rather not do (like bookkeeping), but to have a core revenue stream as something you secretly detest? Loose your passion and your careeer becomes your job, your business becomes your boss.

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