Chapter 3: How I Became the Photographer Everyone in the Community Knew

Before the bookings… before the Bar Mitzvahs… I was scrubbing toilets. Then one day, still in my janitor uniform, I knocked on the synagogue director’s door and made a $50 offer that changed my life. No ads. No planners. Just grit, hustle, and straight-up initiative. This is how I went from invisible to booked solid — and what you better learn from it.