colespann

Not a downer at all...and that is what I'm looking for...some unbiased opinions. Thanks!

Please, I'd love it if some of you would look at my photos and give me an unbiased opinion of what I've got out there...I just loaded a few of my more recent things, as I'm new to photo.net.

I'm just getting started...I've been told I have a "knack" for this

photography thing, and I LOVE taking pictures. It's just been a

hobby of mine, but I don't know where to go from here. Right now

I'm just taking pictures with my 35 mm Canon AE-1...I'd love to

experiment with some filters, etc. but I just don't even know where

to start. My main focus has been taking portraits of friends and

family...but I'm really enjoying exploring landscape/still-life as

well.

 

In the next few years, I'd like to start making some money on this,

so I can focus on it full time. I'd love to sell some of my

landscape/stills (instead of continually giving them as gifts...I'm

running out of people and occassions! :) ). I'd also like to have a

small business doing portraits (not Weddings, though I understand

that's where the money is in portrait photography).

 

How do I go about:

A) learning what I need to learn to do this professionally?

B) entering contests, etc?

C) selling my work?

 

I know that this is a LOADED request for information, but I really

need some input from people who know what they are talking about,

instead of just my friends and family telling me "YOU SHOULD DO THIS

PROFESSIONALLY!!!" Thanks in advance for any help you might give

me!!!

 

(PS - Miscellaneous, not Misceleneous :) )