this isnt true. i know 4 photographers who make there living off shooting extreme sports lifestyles. 2 of them shoot fly fishing 100 percent, one guy does skiing/snowboarding in the winter and mountain biking in the summer. I also know a proffesional expedtion photographer who has worked on a ton of projects, from climbing K2 to surfing around the world.

They key to making it as a succesful extreme sports photog ios experience in the sports, good luck being added to a group to climb a mountain or or go on an expedtion if you dont have the non photography skills to go with it. Wanna shoot skating/snowboarding, well u better be friends with all the locals who can really lay it down. From there its a matter of being a succesful freelancer.

Very good advice!
And so true!
I'm trying myself out in the horse photography, and hard as it is, I can't imagine someone who doesn't have any horse knowledge do something good in this!

horse pgotography has moeny in it for sure. ive done a couple horse for people that live near me and for my mother (she has a morgan) but i dont know shit about horses. luckily with a few basics rules horses arnt to hard of a subject, try shooting a good angle hald way up el cap if ur not a rock climber LOL

Oh when they are not moving and held by their owner, it's fine...
But when they are running 25 mph and jumping, it's hard to get the perfect timing
Because one pciture that might look good for the someone, might look horrible to the horse owner if the horse has a bad position...

depends on if the horse is trotting or galloping or what not, i didnt ever do a running horse. i personally dont even really like horses. they are to expensive, they require a ton of land that is better off as native/farm. thats just me though. they also shit a lot and moving hay suks.

this actually gave me a good laugh