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I think I've shared a few of my photos on this site before. I'm heavy into photography right now, I've always liked it, but now I'm all about it, since I'm photographing for the football season.

Let me backtrack for a little. I quit football back in August because I just wasn't liking it. The sport wasn't for me and I hated coming to practices, working my butt off, and sitting the bench during the games. This year I darn near went psycho and pummeled this kid during a water break. I made myself quit because I can't be doing something I hate and hurting my own teammates. They begged for me to come back because my work ethic was a role model for the rest of the team, but I continued to refuse. Going onto the field puts me into a nasty mood, I hate every minute of it, and I didn't want to get into another fight that would injure and sideline a teammate. But, I couldn't just walk away from my buddies that I was playing with for 3 years. Sure I hated playing, but I was still good pals with a good number of them. So I became a photographer for the team instead!

The guys were disappointed when I quit. They felt a little better when I decided to be the cameraman, but still missed me. But when the scrimmages were around, they fell in love with my photos. They suddenly forgot, that I quit the team and I became a valuable asset to team morale. When they see photographs of the team making a tackle, running that ball, or catching that pass, they are filled with pride and get a surge of zeal which is needed on the team.

A friend of mine who's in his 40s, works his own private photography service. He sees my photos and sees great potential in me as a pro. Here are a few of some action shots of mine.

These are fantastic photographs I think you're good enough to do this professionally, if you enjoy it go for it. That's my advice.

I love photography too...I'm not as good at it though. Have you ever been to fredmirandaphotography.com? Its a great site with lots of pictures you can look at, and great photography ideas. Good luck with your shooting!

You have some pretty good talent there. It might be worth pursuing.

Photography and art in general is fairly hard to get a reasonable income for. I thought about trying both as a career but Id much rather leave it as a hobby.
With that said, youll be lucky to make some cash on the side with football and artsy pics. The real money is weddings...and those are BORING.
I know a professional photographer and he started out at a local newspaper. Now, all of his business is upon request.

Just my 2 cents.

Wow Dragon Wolf. That's a nice photo right there. Anyway, yeah I heard the same from a lot of people. Pro Photographers get most of their money on weddings or some other kind of boring ceremony. I can't imagine myself being pro because I can't see myself taking pictures ALL the time. If I do that, my creativity will go dry.

Thanks for the comments everyone!