hardest part of my photography journey

Harder thing might come later but I feel that now is the hardest time of my photography journey because I just starting my photography business. I try to advertise on few “free advertisement place” start to told friends about photography service that I provide but because I’m still new it’s hard for me to found a client. Last week to be exact it’s on 6 January 2010 I got a phone call from a lady that want to get a photographer for her 3 years old kid and she asked me how much do I charge and I said 200 dollar because I’m just starting for 1 year and I take weddings before but never taken birthday party before. Than she said ok…. I’ll go n see your website first than I’ll compare with others. Thanks than the phone call hung up. After that I try to sms her on my facebook page and website url but there is no reply. 1 day before the birthday party I send a Short message to her to confirm whether she will use my service for the baby photo but she turn me down and said maybe next round. quite a lot of rejection to my request of helping to take picture for my friends as well since I’m still new and they are able to afford to pay more “professional” photographer. I knew that this thing will come to me on the first few steps of my photography business because all people could hold on the best SLR now and there is a lot of photography studio or service out there and I’m still a new kids on the block that try to take picture and make a living without any decent portfolio. I don’t know how long this will last but I’ll keep on striving to fight for my exposure. I got an honored to take 1 pre wedding picture on February and 1 wedding ceremony on 1st of May and 1 more pre wedding on 29-30 June this year I hope to make them happy and proud of my art and help me to spread my photography.