Photography is a wonderful career if that is what God has designed you for. It is an over-saturated field as technology is ever available to the masses...which is why many people think they can jump into it a blissfully become established & successful. However, most do not realize that a successful photography business (meaning you make more than $10/hr and can pay all your business bills/taxes/insurance/professiojnal fees) is 90% business & 10% art/skill.
Regarding income, a person can have a comfortable income from photography with the right business/marketing/bookkeeping skills but statistics say photographers get paid less than teachers, so I can't stress the importance of the right business-minded foundation. $100K in sales can very quickly turn into $20K of take home pay and represent an insane amount of hours (like 60 hr work-weeks)--enough to drive your friends and family out of your life--if you aren't careful to develop and stick to a strategic business plan and workflow.
The cost of a photography business is often under estimated too. Ever changing technology allows us to do so much but not without a price: a photographer can drop $5K in a heartbeat just to upgrade software and gear that is less than a couple years old. Yikes! Gear, software, lighting equipment, background, props, professional dues, web hosting, presentation and projection equipment and software, professional training, packaging materials, electricity and water, rent, insurance.... these things aren't free.
I don't mean to share doom and gloom. Just want to paint a more realistic picture. It's not all daisies and roses, but nothing is...nothing good comes without hard-work and sacrifice. So again, do your homework, and ease into it until you are confident that this career is the best fit for you!
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