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Know how cameras work, you do? Capture not cameras, capture light. Best hunter knows his prey first and weapon second.
Focus not on being hired, look to being with other photographers, show yourself and your work to them. Do not try to be a hired photographer, just be a photographer. If you love it you will swim in it every day, and others will know you as a photographer.
Sorry, my Yoda is a little rusty.