goals one instructor was taken aback at my low figures. He said "What, that's your goal? Why bother? Set something worth achieving!" 5.) Don't worry. The worst that can happen is you have to get a job again, which is exactly where you started. I've met several people who lost everything in attempts at their own business and were still glad they did it. They were happily working regular jobs again. Other Observations Weddings This is the easiest way to make money on weekends. You'll pull in a few hundred dollars to start, and today decent guys pull in at least a few thousand just to give a CD with photos to the bride. That saves them from having to deal with prints later. Old timers still try to charge for shooting and then to take print orders for profit. People hate that. Sell them the CD, let them print their own, and get on to the next job. Of course this is also dangerous. A guy in my family had his lab lose his film. Today one computer glitch could lose your whole job. He had to fly almost everyone in the wedding party back to the USA to redo the photos. They had to come from Brazil! The photographer had to pay all this, since he was liable. He lost so much money he gave up. You only get one chance to photograph a once-in-a-lifetime event. That's why it can pay well, and why you'll be in deep