A Losers Guide to Photography

This post is a bit off topic. I've been having a bout of depression that's self-induced. I've been pontificating what's the purpose of life  once you have accomplished everything you desired? I've been having this thought for a few months now and I have tried to create obstacles to keep the depression held at bay. I was scrolling Facebook when I saw a post regarding a South Korean actress Yoo Joo Eun. I don't follow anything Korean, but I found this particularly interesting. She was a young girl, about my age. She was in a similar position where she was doing what she wanted to do, act, but wasn't really successful at it. Her suicide letter was interesting because it wasn't from a position of self-loathing, hatred, remorse or anything. It was almost like her brain said, "this is enough". Her sense of purpose in life was left unfulfilled - or maybe it was fulfilled in some masochistic way. There was another lady I watched on YouTube talking abou...

Today I was talking with a popular photographer, Neil Kremer , about my future in photography. We discussed several topics ranging from:  industries that make money creating a 'you' style so a creative director can recognize your work  photography business stuff I really want to talk about my target audience and my 'style'.  Identifying Your Target Audience I have thought extensively about who makes the money in fashion. Aside from a few fashion photographers who are outliers and should be case studies for how to be a successful fashion photographer, there isn't a future in fashion photography. Neil confirmed my belief with his immediate interruption during my pontification of what I like to shoot. Magazines don't pay. Models don't pay. Designers don't pay, although they benefit the most. The market is completely saturated with fashion photographers who are all shooting the same stuff the same way. The only reason a photographer should shoot fashion/edit...