A regular feature of my life is getting an email query from a student interested in photography who has been given an assignment to make contact with a working professional and ask them some questions. Sometimes these are questions I've heard before (How did you get started?) but others are more unique and probing. Whichever they are, they reflect common questions shared by many young photographers curious about the possibility of making their passion for photography in to a career.  So from time to time I'll post some of these questions and my answers.