hmm more accurately
I started my business January 2004, started advertising, etc.
Did my first wedding with another photographer in April 2004.
Did my first wedding on my own in August 2004.
Quit my job May 2005 when I had enough weddings booked for a year that I knew it would be okay.
Huh... well this is less encouraging than the other stuff that's been said.
yeah i probably should have said that sooner.. it takes a while to build up a clientelle - at least in my business
it might be different for diffrent businesses
hmm one more thing i should have said
when i was starting out our financial situation was NOT GOOD
if you already have money saved etc. and you're in a good spot financially and you can afford to take a little bit of a paycut maybe for a little while, then it won't be as bad
i basically had to keep my fulltime job until I knew i was secure