Keen on your hobby? Why not turn it into a business?
12/08/2010
In 2004, Linda Wright, a Biology teacher from South Wales, bought a digital SLR. She discovered, like so many others, the delights and freedom of photography without film and it was not long before her regular job became secondary to a new passion. By 2010, retirement, rather than offering the prospect of rest and leisure, presented instead the opportunity to rejuvenate her working life.
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