Professional

Today I decided to have some of my pictured printed to update the pictures on my walls. I decided to print the pictures then take them to get matted and framed. I have never done that to my pictures before, usually just put them in 8X10 frames and put them on the wall. I have a couple of pictures that I really like. One thing no one knows is that when I lived in Germany I took many pictures and I sold a few. I was surprised that people wanted to buy them, after all they could take the same pictures and I didn't have that great of a camera, but some of my friends and some people I had never met before requested I sell my pictures. I always wondered if I should have tried more, or taken a class on how to take great pictures. Today, I got the same kind of feeling. When I went to pick up the pictures I had printed, the man working at the photo place asked me if I was a professional. I asked him what he meant and he told me that their policy was that a professional had to sign release statements not to hold the store responsible for printing problems. I told him I wasn't a professional photographer, and he asked me if that was true. I asked him why he thought I was selling my pictures, he said that the pictures I had sent were so good I should think about selling them. Well, we will see if I can sell them now! (they look a lot better in print than on the computer)