Are photographers just born to it
No one is born into a career except maybe a prince or princess. I began my career by submitting pictures to agencies. Modeling photography careers are often started by some gifted amature helping aspiring models produce portfolios. A portfolio is just pictures taken of beautiful women that they can show to agencies to get them to hire them. If you want to have any success though you had better take into consideration the back ground of the picture. The picture may be about the model but if you want to be considered for hire as a photographer you have to demonstrate the understanding that everything that is recorded in a picture must be there for a good reason. Only amatures let miscellaneous images distract from the purpose to the picture taken.