Why exactly photography?
I want to start here with saying that I always loved photography and was constantly clicking pictures in the past. It could be architecture, landscapes, my friends, I always saw beautiful things everywhere in everyday life and I wanted to capture this beauty. Catching moments was and is my passion - whether it's someone's laughter, catching geometry of the architecture or a beautiful light and shadow play, I just can't resist the temptation. With my attention to the detail I always could see some things that other people usually don't pay much attention to, and with photography I can turn these details into a little story.
But, to be honest, photography as a new career opportunity didn't come out as my first option.
I think it's simply because of the 11 year experience in the same industry that I couldn't even imagine where I can find myself other than that. And even that there're seemingly unlimited opportunities outside the hotel industry, it wasn't easy to detect one that was for me.
I've tried several options like social media marketing or creating drop-shipping websites, but it didn't resonate well with me, so I dropped it quite quickly as well as the thought of switching the field, thinking that maybe the hotels is my only way.
But after a while again the thought that I really want to try myself somewhere else got it's way back into my head. So I returned to my idea and a sudden and seemingly crazy thought appeared in my head - what if there are ways to make money with photography? I call it crazy because all my life people said that only few become successful with a creative profession, the chosen ones.
I thought about this opportunity for quite some time, studied all the information I could find, because taking up photography at a professional level also meant investing financially, I didn't have any photography equipment at that time. At the same time it was an easy and not an easy decision for me, it's always scary to walk into the unknown, but the idea of me making the thing that I love doing the most as my full-time job outweighed the fear. And realizing that in general I won't mind pursuing at least several directions in photography to begin with, I decided to take the plunge and dive into my creative side, and since then I've never regretted my choice.
For me, of course, the most surprising thing in all this is that the answer was always lying on the surface, though it seemed to me so difficult to find a new calling. Well, as a result I'm incredibly happy to be doing for life what I've always loved to do.
Can you think of how your life would turn out if only you took a risk to change it now?