From the course: The Traveling Photographer: The Basics

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The trip should come first

The trip should come first

From the course: The Traveling Photographer: The Basics

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The trip should come first

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You are young and strong and that is a good thing, for what I'm about to tell you will make you feel old and weak. That's the beginning of a rejection letter my friend got early in his career as a photographer. And I said that because I brought you out into the woods to give you a little bit of straight talk. I'm going to talk to the people right now that are planning on becoming a professional travel photographer. Here's what I'm going to say. You're not going to be a professional travel photographer. They almost don't exist anymore. And the reason is, there are a bazillion cameras all around the world, and like, literally, like a billion people with cameras. And they're, they're spread around the world, and they all have internet access. And, the thing is, it doesn't pay to send a photographer around the world to shoot pictures for travel magazines, for the most part. Now maybe one of you will. Maybe two of you will. But thousands of you won't. And the risk, if you're thinking that…

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