Well I feel inept with my question now thanks, na that was really helpful and more honest than I was expecting from an internet chat room these days. She has spent many hours behind a computer screen, 5 or 6 years matter of fact, editing pictures, and to my untrained eye they look pretty good. And recently she has been looking for a new computer monitor to replace the HD TV she has been using, 55 inch massive thing, it has a higher contrast than her regular computer screen, all that. Now I know what monitor we need to invest in. I've been looking around and very few places talk about, in an honest way, what someone starting out has to have. It's all glossed over and any searches bring up posts from, well frankly, blind users leading the blind rookies. I'm trying to become proficient in this end of photography so she doesn't have to worry about it, all she has to do is take the pictures and edit and know that her equipment won’t fail her. It isn't harsh if it is the truth, I teach high school students and sometimes the student may think I am being harsh, when I am just trying to guide them on the right thinking path. So the stuff I asked about is more window dressing than actual necessary equipment? I won’t be insulated I promise if you say, “Yeah you screwed up boy.” And she has her contract drawn up, the thing is 5 or 6 pages, no lie, and it covers so much, and her business plan is drawn up with a lot of help from her photography friends so I think that is good to go as well. Should she have a backup photographer as well in case she is sick? Like I get substitute teachers when I’m unable to make it in for work. I’m sure I sound like an idiot asking all of this but I really need to know and from your post I see you know your stuff. Does she need backdrops as well, what they use in high school yearbooks and what not? I'm taking advantage of your knowledge while I can Tom. You have already helped me a lot.
Ps, are you a mind reader or have just been taking pictures for so long you just know the right and wrong questions that people ask?
A. J.