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    Who's Day Job is Photography?

    I was talking to a newby here the other day about the forum. He was surprised given the level of knowledge and talent evident here how few posters actually make their living in photography. As a matter of fact some of the most knowledgeable people here do other things for a living and I believe there are some real good reasons to keep photography as a personal passion rather than trying to make a living from it.

    Just curious. Whose day job is photography? Or if you are like me it is my day, night, weekends and holidays job.
    Thanks,
    Kirk

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    But I have promises to keep,
    And miles to go before I sleep,
    And miles to go before I sleep"

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    Re: Who's Day Job is Photography?

    Ha, I wish!

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    Re: Who's Day Job is Photography?

    Quote Originally Posted by Norm Buchanan View Post
    Ha, I wish!
    Maybe, maybe not. I just related this story to another forum member via pm the other day. I have a friend who worked for many years as an engineer, but who is an excellent photographer. He gave up engineering and became a successful pro photographer. He never had time to do his own photography. Eventually, he became so disillusioned doing photography for other people, he quit and went back into engineering! After that, whatever time he did have for photography was for him.

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    Re: Who's Day Job is Photography?

    Part time freelancer here, and I think I like it that way.
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    Re: Who's Day Job is Photography?

    Photography represents a lot of what I do in terms of my time, but less and less in terms of my income, as I do more and more translating to pay the bills. I have backed off from a lot of the commercial photo work I used to do to support my artwork, as I find commercial photography to be a brutal and hellacious way to make a living, and ultimately one not suited to my temperament (congrats to those who are able to do so!). The great thing for me has been that now, in doing the translating, I make more money in less time and with far less hassle, which means I spend more and more time doing my own art, so, in doing less photography, I am actually doing more photography now, which makes me quite happy. In the end, it's acrobatics no matter what.

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    Re: Who's Day Job is Photography?

    For me, photograpy is an all day affair. However, I do stop from 7am to 4pm to spend time doing stuff (as a senior programmer) I don't care about to pay for this addiction.

    No worries though, I just ordered 4 new lens boards for the new Chamonix coming my way.

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    Re: Who's Day Job is Photography?

    It is my day job, but fortunatelly is not my only source of income.

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    Re: Who's Day Job is Photography?

    Nights, weekends, and vacations only here- one of these days Im going to retire and start working it full time

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    Re: Who's Day Job is Photography?

    Alternate months here.

    I don't derive any income from it though, but fortunately my other job pays enough.

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    Re: Who's Day Job is Photography?

    it will be within a few months. i'm giving up my music-business career for a portrait-photography career. out of the frying pan...
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