If Life couldn't drown me, what else would?



A fanciful afternoon because I could afford a sachet of powdered milk for my garri.

The day may likely end well if Mr. Ola remembers me and pay his debt of N3,600.

I picked up my phone and attempted to scroll through Instagram, when I received a notification bell, it was from Sekinat- my padi from NYSC days. She had just mentioned me in a comment section. As I look through the newsfeed, I saw this person posted about wanting someone that could capture her introduction ceremony in Ikotun, quickly I hopped on her page.

Sekinat’s comment was the lengthiest and as always, she stood for me.  

Only that this time around, the client gave me the offer because Sekinat is her relative and not because of what I could do. That client got to be the fourth person that would almost make me quit my photography job in the past four months.  



How can I foot my tfare and still receive 70% payment at the end of work?

What happened to my 30%?

Even Sekinat couldn’t help me this time!

Omo! Life of a struggling photographer is crazy!

I know that I am not a big industry name, yet. But I hate to be cheated and trampled on now. This was what made Nkechi of Events-Proper to sack me- because I spoke for my rights.

Sometimes, I still ask myself, ‘what does having connection with Yahoo clients have to do with photography? The one thing I truly love! But since I no get connects that will bring money, I hide my face.



 

Oh well, I stopped hiding my skill and talent when Mr. Joe; a freelancer on Upwork introduced me to the app, he loaned me N5k to take a WhatsApp class on Upwork Monetization, it was through that I landed my first international work of $20 per week. For good three weeks, I showed up with diligent work until I was drafted into the team.




 

Currently, I earn $1000 every month and each of my paycheck is definitely higher than what I ever earned in time past.

 

I use to tell people that it is not juju or connection. It is purely God’s grace and my discipline to keep learning and doing.




Indeed, the beginning doesn’t always matter, it is the latter end.

You just keep pushing; and never, ever stop!

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