Honestly, the photography is the easiest part of earning a living from photography - especially if you have a history as an enthusiastic amateur.
It's the everything else that's hard to learn to do right - first, the promotion/marketing/building of a business from the ground up, the networking (even moreso, for someone who naturally trends towards the introverted end of the spectrum), the accounting/book keeping, the contact management, etc etc.
I could take/edit/process photographs every day for the rest of my life, if I'd make a living like that. Unfortunately, I wouldn't make enough to make ends meet.
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