Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Back in 1992 I quit my job at a newspaper photographer and decided to go it alone as a freelance photographer. I had $1200 in savings but I had good cahsflow from clients I was already servicing by shooting sports, annual reports, some advertising, and wedding/portrait work. I walked out of the paper on my last day and took a short walk to a brokerage firm where I plunked down my $1200 to buy Apple stock (AAPL), but it wasn't that easy. This was 1992 and Apple wasn't really doing all that great. They had around 1-2% of the market share in computers and my new broker thought I was nuts. I argued with him for 20 minutes before threatening to take my money elsewhere and he finally agreed to buy the stock I wanted. In June, 1992, Apple was trading at .39 per share (based on today's share price). There was some growth at first but then 8 years later in 2000, Apple rolled out iTunes and changed the way the world bought music overnight. 7 years after that, the iPhone launched and the rest is history. Sadly, in 1995, I sold half of my Apple stock from that original $1200 and bought some high end strobes for $7500 to shoot basketball with for Sports Illustrated. So now my basis was down to $600 from my original investment. Then in 2014, I sold half my Apple again to buy shares in a little known business called Amazon. My $300 basis in Amazon (AMZN) is now worth $155,000.00. Yeah, I should have bought more...
This video showcases what I believe are the best ways for photographers to make sure they have enough money to retire on someday. I'm not a big authority on any of this but I will be able to retire based on the moves I made long ago. I believe in a "get rich slow" campaign when it comes to saving for retirement.
What are your thoughts about all this? How have you done it? Have you done anything at all so far?
let me know in the comments below. pm-r :)
Back in 1992 I quit my job at a newspaper photographer and decided to go it alone as a freelance photographer. I had $1200 in savings but I had good cahsflow from clients I was already servicing by shooting sports, annual reports, some advertising, and wedding/portrait work. I walked out of the paper on my last day and took a short walk to a brokerage firm where I plunked down my $1200 to buy Apple stock (AAPL), but it wasn't that easy. This was 1992 and Apple wasn't really doing all that great. They had around 1-2% of the market share in computers and my new broker thought I was nuts. I argued with him for 20 minutes before threatening to take my money elsewhere and he finally agreed to buy the stock I wanted. In June, 1992, Apple was trading at .39 per share (based on today's share price). There was some growth at first but then 8 years later in 2000, Apple rolled out iTunes and changed the way the world bought music overnight. 7 years after that, the iPhone launched and the rest is history. Sadly, in 1995, I sold half of my Apple stock from that original $1200 and bought some high end strobes for $7500 to shoot basketball with for Sports Illustrated. So now my basis was down to $600 from my original investment. Then in 2014, I sold half my Apple again to buy shares in a little known business called Amazon. My $300 basis in Amazon (AMZN) is now worth $155,000.00. Yeah, I should have bought more...
This video showcases what I believe are the best ways for photographers to make sure they have enough money to retire on someday. I'm not a big authority on any of this but I will be able to retire based on the moves I made long ago. I believe in a "get rich slow" campaign when it comes to saving for retirement.
What are your thoughts about all this? How have you done it? Have you done anything at all so far?
let me know in the comments below. pm-r :)
