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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 3403318, member: 27832&quot;]Please don&#039;t take this the wrong way. (I know, I know, nothing good <i>ever</i> comes of a conversation that opens with that.) But...</p><p><br /></p><p>Ah, never mind, while I was trying to compose my thoughts [USER=36230]@BooksB4Coins[/USER] stepped in and said what I was trying to say. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>You may well have a great eye and a gift for photography; you may well be able to do a better job of it than the folks here who do it professionally.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>But not just yet.</b> You&#039;ve been doing this for <i>days</i>, not years. After this short time, you can&#039;t even know enough to <i>know</i> whether you&#039;re doing a professional job.</p><p><br /></p><p>We try to be supportive of newcomers and YNs here, and we praise efforts that are praiseworthy. But please don&#039;t confuse &quot;you&#039;re off to a great start&quot; with &quot;you&#039;re clearly a professional&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Practice, practice, practice.</b> Shoot thousands of coins, not tens. Volunteer to shoot coins for your friends, or people in a local club. Look closely and critically at your photos, not to see how good they are, but to see what you can improve. Ask others for <i>criticism</i>, not support, and listen to what they say. <i>Then</i> start to move toward making it a business.</p><p><br /></p><p>...or go ahead and give the business end a shot. I&#039;m old and cautious, and never made big gambles. If everybody listened to me, the world would be a much more boring place, most likely. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Just realize that offering to do something for money does <i>not</i> make you a professional, and taking other people&#039;s money raises the stakes of what you&#039;re doing very sharply.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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