jeremy rundle

I have been using 7dayshop for fifteen years, its a cheap tripod with little going for it, but, hey for £10 even if used as a small low level mount for flowers what is there to lose

Fully featured

It even has a 12 month guarantee

err the Americans call flash "stobe" yet we all know strobe is an "effect"

I have read this thread and also a post from JR who told of his struggles to bring up his boys and later his plans to h help them to have a better future.

I also know that you sometimes have to speculate to accumilate, so I wish him good luck in his venture.

If the colour of the lenses makes a difference to the quality of the shots and they are tougher, as has been suggested then in my opinion the outlay would be worthwhile.

My son opened his own MOT station just a few years ago. He works hard and at the end of the week he likes nothing more that going to his caraven and boat with his wife and children.

I can see that a lot of other hobbies cost far more.

JR. You have brought up your sons and made plans I hope everthingvworks out well for you and your family.

 

Thank you, once in a lifetime opportunity my fingers are crossed

 

Caravanning, boating all hobbies and blasted expensive

Jeremy

good luck with your business venture I hope the revenue kicks in well before the inheritance runs out. One thing I would say is when the revenue heads towards the VAT threshold get on the flat rate VAT scheme it allows you to make money purely by collecting VAT, speak to your accountant he/she will know all about it

Two proverbs to live by

A fool and their money are soon parted

Only fools rush in where ............

Annie, the canon white lenses are the L series they are manufactured with far higher quality materials to far tighter tolerances which results in lenses that give far better quality images if used correctly. Due to being so much higher quality they are also far higher priced some running into many thousands of pounds. Most L series lenses are white in colour although some are black with a red stripe around them.

+1 you get what you pay for though standard Canon?nikon lenses are not poor either just that for constant photography use in the hands of knock them about pros they are "built" to take the knocks

If white lens are a must ....Trade up to CANON......Simples :)

I cant find a smiley sticking it's tongue out 

:)

Jeremy

good luck with your business venture I hope the revenue kicks in well before the inheritance runs out. One thing I would say is when the revenue heads towards the VAT threshold get on the flat rate VAT scheme it allows you to make money purely by collecting VAT, speak to your accountant he/she will know all about it

Thanks

And all because the lady loves,

                                sorry man loves white lenses .................................................................. 

sorry Jeremy, I had a lot of respect for you when previously you were talking about the financial struggle of being a single dad to 3 boys, now you are saying that

 

if you were spending £5k a year on photography as a hobby that is great and entirely up to you but you can't also say you were struggling financially, anyone spending £5k a year on a hobby is not struggling financially.

All the cost of buying power boats as impressive as it might seem is nothing to do with your Photography business so other than to demonstrate just how rich you are I'm not sure why talking about the cost of entering a sport came into the discussion about your photography business and photography hobby. If by putting the company name down the side you are going to try to pass it off as an advertising expense then expect a forensic investigation from the tax man as he will want to know how a company that has such a low turn over can afford such high expenditure on advertising.

as for your comment about the cost of the toys please tell me you were being tongue in cheek about that

Thank you Korky

NOT struggling now as when my father died the house when through sale last month and I have inherited a large sum allowing me to do this all.

Also if you think about it £5k is nothing these days, the average smoker spends £2,300 a year, 

Also in response to the person who spoke of a "tax dodge placing my name on the side of the boat"

Fuller explanation.

Dad died, gone through probate, six months later inheritance, totally 100% off all benefits now because this has allowed me to not only develop my business fully I can now also employ my 2nd eldest son who was to the end of this month on JSA, now earning a wage from me albeit minimum.

I bought the boat to promote my company, or at least am buying, as it IS my business and the boat will be used for races, promo, at festivals with LIONSTAR a band I also support  http://www.lionstarmusic.com/, and amongst other things will be used for weddings, shooting the couple in a P1 boat after and depending on location before, then it is a "business asset", NONE of this would have been possible before the death of my father, so NOT boasting, not showing off, simply managing an inheritance the best way I can and making the most of an opportunity.

The boat offers me FREE UK and USA Sky TV coverage, I am also seeking sponsors from within certain "photographic communities", so rather than squander an inheritance, I am building a business to support my family, employ my family and hopefully work till I am old.

As for will I generate enough to cover the expense, I am lucky black pearl, you now KNOW where the money has come from, and if I don't generate enough from TV, local news coverage, etc then I will have had a blasted good try.

Well, that's up to you of course (and that's the one sentence you will seize upon, no doubt), but I cannot think of any hobby - whether it be hifi, photography, or whatever - that needs one to spend 5k per annum. Once you've found some kit that really suits you, it should last for years literally, with the only expense involved in getting extra lenses where required, or a better flash for example. I just can't understand the mindset, which doesn't invalidate it of course, just that I can't understand it.

I can name hobbies that cost much more that I am involved in, motocross, powerboat racing, jet ski sponsorship and more

As I clearly stated I am expanding and growing moving into Video, various websites, I have just bought four new domains, I am entering my own P1 Panther powerboat into races for the next three (and more years) costing me £40k next year, so I DO know of hobbies which £5k is pocket money

Name on side, boat is (will be mine in a different livery)

The P1 Panther uses £5k in petrol over 6 races

"It's the cost of the toys that separate the men from the boys"  

Return on Investment, standard business stuff you look at all expenditure and assess the potential income from it, if the income is less than they expenditure then you probably shouldn't be buying it unless there is a legal requirement for it

100%, as I have said many times here I have been into photography all  my life, and I have taken it as seriously as I have enjoyed it !

However I only started this business 18 months ago, before that as an amateur I spent £5k a year on it as a hobby, I don't smoke or drink and live for photography.

As the business expands I buy what I need and se aside a budget every year that covers the business AND it as a hobby.But I don't expect that next year as I will have most of what I need this and then it will be buy as needed and when needed

depreciation, upgrades, new business plans such as still to video to 4k, expansion, all rather basic really

Do you remember a time when you were asking "how to get into this"

:)

15k is a lot of money for a set up unless your just buying something like an 800mm lens which by the way is available with a camo wrap if you want to buy in to a system on a professional basis then canon would be worth looking at not because of the colour of the equipment but canon professional services are first class, any problems you have are fixed within 24-48 hours and if not a replacement is issued until the fix is completed. I can't comment on nikon but as a Canon user I'm happy with the equipment and service provided

15K is in fact a budget I set calculated on my spend as a working photographer from last year and previous years.

My gear is due for a change, and I have had, to this year Canon and Nikon kits, now the Canon is past it's prime and I am investing 100% in Nikon, (not just for colour  ) it would just be nice to have colour choice.

What an odd comment for an administrator, in what context !!!!!!

Ok perhaps it could have been placed in a better part of the forum but it is a serious comment for me.

I have set aside £15k for new gear and if Canon did an 80-400 like Nikon I would get it, I prefer the white Canon lenses just as I prefer a black car to a red one, that is why cars come in different colours and in case it has gone un noticed that is why some cameras also now come in white, blue, red etc CHOICE

is vid yours too

GFY

Well B*********** me, you are on to something, many a true word spoken in jest

Thanks

Lets face it I like the white Canon, we Nikon users have nothing to show better lenses apart

you are supposed to be able to place the mouse on the image and pan either direction

Same here I can't sit in a low vehicle ever since I bought my first Scenic, in fact I will be getting a large commercial type van with two rows of seats in the back this year and windows, taking out one row and replacing them with a table to take my printers and laptop it's cheaper than a camper type van

Can't do this in a small car

Agony Uncle Fuji here.......

Let's get back to photography please.......;-)

I write as a retired Social Worker, who ( for twenty years) did some of the personal care of others mentioned by Korky.........I saw and experienced a wide variety happenings, but loved every minute of it until certain leftie policies wrecked all around me and those in my care.

Now I Don't and won't do politics and religion.......on leaving social services to become a Toy Reseacher/Maker......I smelt the coffee.....I care greatly for those in my immediate circle, and anyone else who interacts with me.

Detest, so called celebrities, and the Nuevo Riche......Beckham's and Blair's.....Oligarchs and ........

Stopping here or I'll get depressed;-)

FUJI

This is a general discussion forum not just photography.  Social workers, enough bad ones there as time, dead children and cases have proven.

My sons were taken away by one claiming bad father, two years later, a sacked social worker later a court apology and sons returned

See I have no empathy tab all - it worries the hell out of my wife and my mother but I just don't care about anything that doesn't affect me directly or to large degree about anyone else but me. 

I watched a Horizons on the Beeb once about sociopaths who if they have a good upbringing operate perfectly normally without murdering all around them. The main scientist who created the study ran the test on himself and found he was a prime example, his family said 'yes of course you are' but he was fine with it and lived a normal life. What he didn't do was care about others - for better or for worse and for right to wrong I am the same. 

 

Is this normal? Possibly not but is it wrong - I think not.

 

 

When I see suffering on TV or read about it in the Sunday papers or even see it in social media it passes me by.

Why should I care about someone I don't know and have never met?

They don't care about me.

I have to say I am the same as you, if it does not directly affect me then it is of little interest, not NO interest, there are many occasions where terrible things have happened and I feel for the people, e.g where that poor 3 year old child died due to hospital blunders, sad and I feel for the parents, but I would not make a noise about it.

I think the problem today is, if you don't join in and feel, shout, rant, rave, you are also seen as having something wrong with you.

Why should I care about someone I don't know and have never met?

They don't care about me.

 

Thank goodness the people who work in A&E and GPs and surgeons and those who care for the mentally ill and those who wipe backsides as an everyday part of their working lives don't ask that question.

 

Korky

Work, paid to do so through choice, a job they decided to do like filling a shelf in tesco

Along with Garry Glitter and Jimmy Saville to name but three.

Very disappointing, ok yes I FULLY believe that they deserve everything that is and has come to them for what they did and have done, along with other people yet to be found out, but they have not just done what they have, they have let down generations like me who loved them for their entertainment.

I met Saville in Scotland years ago, at a Highland games, I had my sons and my photo taken with him, autographs etc, it was a great day, enjoyed it, and it will still remain with me as a day to remember, but now so many have had their dreams shattered.

I also feel sorry for their families if they genuinely had no idea.

"lovelly Jubbly"

And YES this is where the Dell boy expression originated

My gran owned a "handy shop" in Hayes, Middlesex, and sold sweets, ice cream and all sorts, and sold them frozen

Anyone remember jublies