Getting closer to comprehending what I am trying to do

Rock Lake Loons

Those of you, my friends, will completely understand what I am going through.   Those of you young folks reading this will question what is so difficult or hard about this.  Well just briefly, I still need to find how to delete something I misspelled.  I also need to find how to make corrections, add other blogs, where do I import photographs. etc.
But, that will all come as I go forward.
So lets talk about photography.  First let me give you some basic types of photography.
1.  There is family & friends photography, generally done with a "point and shoot" camera.
2.  The next group is the casual photographer.  They photograph holiday get-to-gathers, kids sports, etc.
3.  Then there is the photo enthusiast or the amature photographer who is usually in a learning curve.
     May belong to a local photo club.  Many times these are older folks going on a cruise or major
     trip/vacation and would like a new camera to take along.
4.  Next, is the semi-pro photographer, may or may not be paid for his/her images.  They may be an
     author or writer and take photos to support their articles.  These photographers may be
     competition photographers exhibiting their images.
5.  Finally, the professional photographer. These are commercial photographers using very high tech
     cameras and are very skilled in their profession.   Generally they are paid very well also.  This
     group consists of portrait photographers, commercial photographers, wildlife photogs and the
     list goes on and on.
Now to my point.  There are very specific methods and rules in each of these various levels of photographs.  Example: For the vacation photographer they are looking for the photo that represents where they have been or what they have seen.
The magazine writer needs photos of the subjects that the publisher specifies in their "Photographers Guidelines".  A competition photographer is judged by a totally different and very strict list of "must dos".  Example: your image must generally, meet "the rule of thirds"  images must be mounted in a particular fashion. Sponsors forms must be completed and submitted with the image(s).
There are categories for various classes.  Example:  Wildlife images have two classifications, Open and Wildlife.  The difference is that the Open category will accept an image with a human element present.  The Wildlife category will only accept images void of "Hands of Man"  A friend recently sent me a photo of a huge moose coming out of the woods onto a gravel road.   This photo would be allowed in the Open category, but not in Wildlife, due to the gravel (manmade) road..
The commercial photographer must be knowledgeable of his clientele.  If they are shooting photos for an architectural firm, they must be familiar with building terminology and be able to find appropriate subjects to photograph. 

More than 6 million new photographs are published every year in the U.S. print media.  That is more than 16,000 a day.  More than 40,000 new photos are published a day world-wide.  That should give you a good idea of the market potential for photos.

Here is a little exercise for you.  If you are interested in your market potential-Do the math. Count photos in any magazine, be sure to include advertising with photos.  80% of magazine photography is done by “freelance” photographers.  A glossy high-class magazine photo can earn you $500. to $1,200.  So select your niche, magazines, newspapers, books, trade publications, tech manuals, in almost any published material you should be able to get work, if you're good!.