Originally Posted by
BillyD
Agreed. I did a little youth football for my nephews when they were playing.
Now days I do it to help publicize a non profit organization that seeks to help NYC kids get into college. I recently completed shooting the brutal 3 week basketball tournament, put some popular shots up on IG and supply a few kids digital action shots of themselves. That's it, no income expected.
That's pretty cool! But, three weeks of a basketball tourny is brutal for sure.
I asked a guy that I know who also shot through MaxPreps how much he was making a month. He was "working" every Friday night and Saturday that he could. He said he made $250-300 in a good month. That
maybe funded one decent lens a year (certainly not a big white).
I just wanted to have fun and do something that the kids would enjoy. I figured that if I wanted to make money I was better off spending some time at the desk doing legal work.
I always got a kick out of the kids who would screenshot the images on MP, watermark and all, for their social media posts without buying a copy. When I saw that, I'd send them a clean copy. Felt good to see them enjoy their pictures.