Taking Minor Hockey Photos
Since starting our budding empire of photography, without really being categorized or having a niche, one thing has been clear. In Canada, hockey is big business. For example, some of the top pros make 8-9 million dollars a season, and on top of that they get multimillion dollar endorsement deals. So whip your kids into shape young is the point. OK, maybe not. The real point is that even at the lowest level of hockey, the starting point, there is money to be made as a photographer. If you can get invited to photograph minor hockey tournaments you can make 1000$-2000$ a weekend, no sweat. OK, some sweat since there is some equipment involved, and stairs, and arenas, but it’s still a good gig. We are talking about the first few years of hockey here. For two reasons, one, everyone wants pictures when the game is cute and the kids are cute and they haven’t yet crashed the car or skipped school. Two, they are not yet moving at breakneck speeds and shooting slap-shots that could take out a camera, or worse, a photographer. The subjects are a lot more co-operative.
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