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> "All of the professional fotogs I know are paid not for photos the have taken, but for photos people would like them to take"

You don't know any stock photogs?

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I know one who does both. She is actually quite good but probably makes only a single digit percent of her income on stock. Mostly her portfolio serves as a starting point where clients say, "like this one only of my subject".

Is it possible to make a living as a stock photographer these days? I’m curious how people manage that.

The stock photo industry is getting bigger, while profit-per-photo is plummeting. There are still a number of well-known photogs in this space, some of whom are doing remarkably well for themselves.

My impression of that industry is that it's all about process - to make a living doing it you need to have an extremely streamlined process and churn out a vast amount of work.

This guy makes more than a living (from the look of things):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYkNKP96b84

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