CaliCosplayMag

Speaking as one of the photographers, I do know that a start up magazine usually doesn't have a lot to pay photographers without investment capital, and seeing how there are no investors, the profits would logically have to be used for promotion, and other expenses, until it can actually get off the ground, and actually start turning the sort of profits where models, photographers, and writers start getting paid. On the up side, a start up magazine is a great way of getting one's foot in the door, or an artist to start to get recognition, and when profits are starting to be made, those who were there at the beginning already know how the magazine operates, and have their in there, as well as the recognition from having their work in the pages. So, as a photographer that contributes on a less than regular schedule, I see it as a hobby, until it becomes a job. I'm enjoying it, I squeeze things in when it's not going to interfere with other things, and hope it does take off, because I think the magazine is a pretty good idea.