Last night, we had a sharing session with some wedding photographers at Kay Ngee Tan Architect Gallery. It was interesting, and I think everyone who participated learned something new, I hope. And this, I hope, will help them improve in the way they deal with clients and shape their business model.

 

For me, the question that hit me real hard was, “why do I want to turn full time?”. Frankly speaking, it’s hard. If you do the mathematics (which I have done 101 different models of it), it’s not all that easy. Given that my full time job is paying my bills now, wedding photography supplements my income and I get to choose if I want to shoot or not without having to worry about bills, this is an ideal situation. But unknown to others, the amount of work and sacrifice I put in, makes one think if it’s all worth it. I have been spending very little time with my parents. Very often, I will doze off on the sofa right after dinner, waking up only to find my parents already sleeping. And almost everyday, I’ll be happy if I get 6 hours of sleep.

 

As for doing it full time, it’s not going to be easy either. But hey, life’s never easy to begin with. But at least I know, I’ll be getting the sleep that I have been missing badly over the past 2 years. And the stuff I want to do, the places I want to go… and the people I want to meet and spend time with. 2007 is going to be a great year:)