This is the plan.

So here's my plan.

I'm going to keep borrowing my grandfather's camera and learn to use it.  I'm going to do shoots with people I know (aka - my cousins, my sister, my sister's friends, etc.) for free while I'm still learning.  And no, I'm not going to take a photography class.  That costs money I don't have.  I'm going to keep saving my money until I can afford to buy my own camera.

The issue with using my grandfather's camera is that it isn't mine.  I can't keep it at my house.  I can't bring it to school with me.  I can't use it whenever I want to.  Which is why I'm eventually going to get my own.

Anyways.

I'm majoring in Early Childhood Education.  I'm going to be a kindergarten teacher someday.  And hopefully by that time, I'll have my own camera.  I'll have someplace I can take pictures.  I'm thinking that when I have my own house, I'm going to dedicate one room to being my studio.  And I'll take pictures.of people, like portraits and things like that.  And I'll give a discount to my students' parents.  So I'll have extra income coming in because, face it, a teacher's salary isn't great.

But that's my plan right now.  Will it change in time?  Most likely.  But as of right now, that's what I'm thinking.