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Originally Posted by SilentKnight
As said earlier - it comes down to the passion for photography.
Hobby photography (non-commercial) provides the freedom and latitude for experimentation and creativity which often carries over in to new techniques and approaches in pro shoots.
If I were to lose my passion for shooting "fun" (read: personal/hobby) photos, I'm quite sure my professional work would also suffer.
And I'd take that as a hint that perhaps it was time to pack it in and find a new vocation.
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then again maybe you weren't disabled at 45 with a family to feed? one thing you obviously 'need' to learn about photography is that you never really know the circumstances another shooter faces . . I learned this when I was lighting 6 hrs of live news 5 days a week in the # 2 market . . .