Money making on the road

Wander Lust wrote:

ccxnola wrote:
Several years ago I met a guy & his wife in an RV park. He was a good photographer (digital) and he had a full setup in his rig to produce products from photos - at auto shows, he did business cards o'nite with a pic of the car and owner, or large (up to 11x22) posters ready for framing. He also did travel weddings and family gatherings for photo albums. I'm not sure how he managed, but he and his wife had a rig much younger and nicer than our
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I indeed like the sound of this.

No lecture here.
If you have a paid for RV and some mechanical skills to deal with the little problems that pop up following your dream could be a wonderful thing.
No on to the Photo thing.
I shot for cash for a number of years as a side line.
I'm guessing you are shooting with a canon rebel and kit lense or Nikon equivalent. Serviceable.

I shot with Canon MKII's and Canon L glass from 50 1.8 to 400 2.8L.
Weddings, Car shows, action sports from Little league to college as well as team pictures.
There is money to be made but it is not as easy as it sounds.
Lets talk set up for car shows with onsite printing.
I did mine out of my 37 foot race trailer with onboard generator. Ran 3 printers. Epson 2400, Epson 4000 and Epson 7600. could print from 4x6 to 24x36. Also need a good Photo Shoppe program non of which is cheap but man could I put out some nice posters.
Car shows are fun I drag raced a Gen 1 lightning so would set it out under the awning for folks to stop by to see the truck and the 36x24 showboard. Could usually sell 4 or 5 boards in a week end. I'd shoot the images of the car, create the show board, Print and put in a frame on site. Boards would sell for up to $200.00. Most lower depending on size.
That's the good news.
Here is the ad news.
Often there is a vendor fee to be paid up front. At smaller shows at times a % of sales arrangement can be worked out.
Best money was made with Team pictures but that is impossible to do while on the road.
Love your dream and at 18 now is the time to try. Feel free to PM me if you want insite into how the costs breakdown.
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