I take great pics of my kids.
Me too
lol
Do you have a small studio set-up? I probably have camera envy (even without knowing yours) because my Canon DSLR is on its last leg.
I converted half of our basement storage room into a table top studio. I do a lot of editing in Photoshop that makes up for less than ideal lighting. I also have a 5D (yay Canon!
) with a fabulous full-frame sensor (HIGHLY recommend going full frame). The experienced pro stock photogs stress that proper lighting is critical (which it is, really) but I've done ok by choosing subject matter that I can edit. For example, minimal blues (the noisiest color) and still life subjects with clean edges so I can isolate.
My two kids have point and shoot cameras and I loaded my Photoshop on all the computers in the house. They'll each get on a computer (DD9 has her own laptop and DS8 uses the family PC) and they edit their own pics in Photoshop. It's hilarious. I go back and forth between them - I feel like I'm teaching a class ;p
It takes longer to make money at stock than it does at assignment (like, portrait shoots), but the beauty is that your schedule is 100% your own, so it's very compatible with parenting
