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A friend worked in software dev for a city in the area, for a few years. He left that job to become a professional photographer. I think he's been doing that on
by khedoros1 10y ago
A friend worked in software dev for a city in the area, for a few years. He left that job to become a professional photographer. I think he's been doing that on and off for at least the last 5 years. He's doing that, but also some software work.
He seems happy. He bought a house for his wife and son. At least from the outside, he seems to be doing well.
- DoodleBuggy 10y agoI've never understood how photography is still a viable career. Everyone is a photographer nowadays, and everyone takes good pictures, just look at Instagram! Maybe if they niche, wedding or something?
- khedoros1 10y agoPhones take "good enough" pictures, but not great pictures. Instagram filters are fun, but kind of crap (this applies to algorithmic image enhancement in general, IMO, at least to the extent that every algorithm has inputs that it'll do badly with). There's a jump in quality from most of the pictures that non-professionals take, to the quality of images produced by people who know what they're doing.