Gage&#x27;s work is probably not prohibitively expensive in terms of money.  A few plane tickets to Iowa and New Hampshire every four years, lodging in each for maybe a few days.  He also attends Comic-Con every year.  He has a good DSLR and lens kit, but that&#x27;s a one time cost.  If he had a paid summer internship in accounting, a side job during the academic year, and supportive parents this all seems doable for a middle class college student attending a public university with in-state tuition.<p>The bigger cost in Gage&#x27;s photography is almost certainly time.  He&#x27;s uploaded almost 40,000 photos to Flickr since December 2007 -- roughly 5,700 photos a year.  Even with the one-person-many-angles style seen in his Flickr stream at <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.flickr.com&#x2F;photos&#x2F;gageskidmore&#x2F;with&#x2F;24744613302&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.flickr.com&#x2F;photos&#x2F;gageskidmore&#x2F;with&#x2F;24744613302&#x2F;</a>, that&#x27;s a lot.  He also captions his photos, e.g. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.flickr.com&#x2F;photos&#x2F;gageskidmore&#x2F;24744613302&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.flickr.com&#x2F;photos&#x2F;gageskidmore&#x2F;24744613302&#x2F;</a>.<p>The vast reach of his photography is likely a sufficient incentive for Gage to invest all that time and significant-but-not-immense money.  I hope Gage continues his excellent work.