How hard is it to break into the industry and make a decent living?
P.G.: Let deal with “break into the industry”, first and “making a decent living”, second. “break into the industry” – The particular ballpark where I attended games and photographing/collecting autographs (as a collector) did not have a team photographer (Clinton LumberKings). I got to know all the front office staff really well and started to do player interviews as well as photographs to be posted on their website (this was 2004). Shortly thereafter I had my first successes with images of John Danks (now LHP for the Chicago White Sox) and Thomas Diamond (recovering from Tommy Johns surgery) with Just Minors. The LumberKings front office knew I was taking a lot of photos, so they next asked about sharing my images for their printed items. I really like being able to photograph the players up close for the interviews, but as soon as the umpire walked onto the field, it was time for me to return to the stands. One of my images of Thomas Diamond made the front cover of the game day prog
