Photography Research Institute Carson Endowment

Sometime before now a thought entered a person’s mind that there was something about photography or art that they must pursue.

The word "photographer" (a creator of photography) will now be used to reference that person with the thought "I must pursue art or photography." Photography is an image created by a photographer using a camera. The photographer’s mission is to record the image on some sort of recordable media. Anything done either before or after the recording of the image by the camera is done by an artist. This does not preclude that the artist could also be the photographer.

This pursuit may end quickly or may take years. Acquiring photography paraphernalia and learning to use it. The photographer either goes to school or pursues a photography hobby to learn all about photography. During this time the photographer becomes more and more proficient using the camera. Then one day the photographer announces that the photography he/she creates is professional quality. Everyone who sees the photography agrees and says, "That is professional."

Someone buys one of the photographer’s photographs and the photographer says, "See, that proves it. I am a professional photographer. I got paid. That makes me a professional".

Professional is an adjective that describes a value of some kind of service or activity. It suggests a quality of ability better than others. It is so superior that someone will demand that service or activity. That is if the prospect has the willingness to acquire or buy and has someway or the ability to pay.

Business is an activity who prime function is to make or earn money.
Hobbies are spare time activities undertaken to relive boredom or stress. Hobbies are suppose to be enjoyable. Hobbies relax some people. Hobbies are also used to take their mind off of their problems. Some define hobby as a avocation, which means it is not vocation or occupation with which an living is earned. More importantly hobbies are usually pursued in a relaxing and stress free enviroment.

As a result if we use both business and hobby in conjunction with each other we see a way that has advantages that lead to a successful life style. Business functions because of the hobby. The hobby provides something (products or services) that the business markets.

Start a Professional Photography Business to make money. You don’t go into business to acquire photography gear. That is for the professional photography hobby to do. You go into business to make money. All this other stuff comes because of the money. And the hobby only buys what is necessary because it is going to create photography. That is the only reason the hobby procures the stuff. Create photography for the business to sell. Business by definition is an entity that should, hopefully, makes or produces money.

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