Going pro: what does it take?

So, you want to be a pro outdoor adventure photographer and make a living playing outside and doing something you love? Who doesn’t?

Don’t worry, I won’t try and talk you out of this crazy dream. I might even get you in trouble by encouraging you too much. I’ve been known to do that. I turned pro in 1996 as a green-eared kid in my twenties with only a few pieces of camera gear, a couple of credit cards, and no real prospects; and yet here I am now, with almost twenty years worth of tear sheets behind me, a long list of clients, and no end in sight. The way I see it, if I can find success ...

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