Who's Day Job is Photography?

[scrichton]

I harness the inter-nets for a UK music magazine called clash. Other than that I do staff photography at gigs for them and do a lot of freelance work for smaller record companies promos. Recently moved a bit into hair photography like this One here. Still most of the time it is just inter-nets

[Kirk Gittings]

I want to resurrect this thread and see if the recession has driven many people out of the profession. One guy I know said the hell with it and went to law school.

I'm still in it, though I have been beaten up by the recession. My magazine clients have tanked-with one offering me $600 for a shoot I did for them for $2200 in 2007. FA print sales have been holding there own-which i don't understand.

[Steve M Hostetter]

I run a monkey grinder,,,

[Kirk Gittings]

I run a monkey grinder,,,

[Vaughn]

FA print sales have been holding there own-which i don't understand.

I am involved with photo education, so as a dfarkroom tech, my day job is still photography. FA print sales have been steady (steadily low, but steady)..

One reason I heard for steady art sales during these tough economic times is "staycations". Many people can not afford their usual expensive vacations, so instead spend a fraction of the cost on something to make their homes a nicer place to stay. I am a member of a art cooperative (28 members, multi-media) with a gallery in town. Our gross sales have increased by about 10% each year for the past two to three years.

[Vaughn]

I run a monkey grinder,,,

Yum! Monkey burgers!

[Kirk Gittings]

One promising sign in the creative economy is my son's business. He develops high end web sites for Factory Design Lab in Denver for companies like North Face, Acura, Audi, Oakley etc. They are booming-doubling the web development staff this year.

[cjbroadbent]

Mine was, I'm afraid.

[lenser]

24/7 ---365 days a year (if needed) for the last 45 years.

[brian mcweeney]

Still a photographer ... it's the only thing I'm good at.