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Before anyone judges me, yes I am a dumb 19 year old who has watched too much Andrew Tate and all the other self improvement gurus talk about being rich. This has lead me down to a very confusing hole.

Anyhow, can you actually make Millions off a photography business? If so how?

I have 4 years of experience and now I am on the search for a photography job for the time being.

I for the most part have been using photography as a tool to make connections with wealthy people. I want to own nice cars, so what do I do? I go up to people who have them and ask for a photo shoot so that they have a reason to talk to me.

This genuinely can ever get me so far. But man its been confusing me for a while.

As I am still learning and I just started to do this connections thing I am wondering if anyone here has a similar problem to me? 😅

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There’s nothing wrong with have “pie in the sky” goals. What’s the worst that can happen.

I do feel, however, that you need to stop watching people like Andrew Tate. He feeds off your insecurities and sells you impossible ideals. He basically makes money off your delusions. And he is really not a nice person and a not a role model at all.

Surround yourself with really people - local photographers in your niche - and work from there. Real connections and hard work is the only way you’ll get somewhere in life.