Photography thoughts

As I was out photographing some hunter/jumper horse classes today I had the photographer that was contracted to shoot the whole show, ask me about how much I charge for an 8"x10" photograph. I told him that I didn't really sell my photos to anyone, and he seemed offended that anyone would travel across the state to take photographs, just to take photographs and not to make money from it. Has photography gone from being both a profession and a hobby to being purely a profession? I really don't make money from my photography and I have only sold 1 piece and that was to a friend. Every other piece that has been in a show has yet to sell and therefore has been put on my wall. I really do go out over half the state of South Carolina just to take photographs. I know it is a novel idea, to do something you enjoy and not care about how far you have to go to do what brings you pleasure. For me photography has a cathartic effect which is why I always seem to be doing it on the weekends. Then I went back this evening after feeding the dog and cat to photograph a mini-prix jumping competition and was told that I couldn't photograph it because the owner had hired a professional and that unless I wanted to pay a $500 vendor fee I couldn't photograph the event. As far as I could tell the photographer that was hired was fine with me shooting but if my shooting was to spook a horse he wanted my name on file as not being associated with him and I would be on my own if someone were to sue. Needless to say, I didn't have $500 to pay to be a vendor and I didn't plan on being anywhere near the ring to distract the horses or riders. Then at the singing of the national anthem the guy they had singing it managed to flub it so that pretty well ruined it for me and I left after the first competitor. Maybe I will just avoid shooting there since they seem to be so photographer unfriendly.