4.1. LESSONS FROM A PART-TIME SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHER4.2. ESSENTIAL GEAR4.3. BEFORE THE SHOOT4.4. AT THE SHOOT4.5. GENERAL TIPS4.6. Q&A WITH A WORKING PRO4.6.1.4.6.1.1. 1. Can you tell me about your background — your personal, professional, and educational history? How about your continuing self-education?4.6.1.2. 2. What attracted you to sports photography?4.6.1.3. 3. How did you start your business? How did it evolve? Did you have a studio or did you shoot on location?4.6.1.4. 4. What was the toughest thing about getting started? What was your worst experience when you began? What did you learn from it that helped you in the future?4.6.1.5. 5. What tactics and strategies were most useful in developing your photo business? Was there anything that marked a turning point in your business — a contact, a realization, an idea?4.6.1.6. 6. Do you have any sports photography tips for better photographs?4.6.1.7. 7. Do you shoot RAW or JPEG? What software programs do you use to review, edit, organize, and enhance your images? How do you handle your workflow?4.6.1.8. 8. Can you name some of your favorite equipment (cameras, lights, computer, software, printer, and any photo-related gadgets)?4.6.1.9. 9. What feeds your creativity? Where do you find your inspiration — for example, other photographers' work, art, or any particular travel experiences?4.6.1.10. 10. How do you market your work (newspaper, referral, Web site, online marketing, social networking, printed collateral)?4.6.1.11. 11. Are there multiple ways that you make money with your sports photography? Which area of distribution have you found to be the most profitable?4.7. CHAPTER REVIEW