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Originally Posted by bella
you have to tailor your services to what it wants.
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Or rather 'to what it is prepared to pay for with a profit margin available' if you wish to run as a business in some way.
And I think retronome's point is that to be able to realistically present yourself as a freelance business, even though not necessarily full time in that business, you have to expect to carry certain business costs - insurance and so on as listed above. If, at best, you don't cover the underlying costs you are not a business - just a potentially expensive and time consuming hobby with a seemingly valueless result.
Moreover 'good enough' will do, especially if it's free. MObile phone pics are probably adequate in that respect - for the majority of images. 'Good enough for facebook' might become a new standard measure.
The term 'Freelance' is traditionally associated with press work mostly for magazines in the motor sport world. If the mags can't afford to pay then the role disappears. If no one is buying the mags then the content they offer has lost its interest in the eyes of the public including the competitors (presumably).
What, if anything, replaces the traditional role of photography in the world of Motor Sport (outside the show biz events) does not yet seem very clear. Nothing probable comes to mind although a few things might get short term runs of support with some payment associated to the effort.