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03/10/2005 05:17:49 PM · #1 |
Just wondering who all does photography as their profession compared to those of us that do it just for fun...
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03/10/2005 05:25:26 PM · #2 |
For serious fun only... I've owned an SLR camera (film) since I was 15, and have taken pics since then... at one point I wanted to pursue photojournalism and cover wars... am over that now, but still love photography.
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03/10/2005 05:26:46 PM · #3 |
Unfortunately, only a hobby at the moment!
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03/10/2005 05:44:58 PM · #4 |
| Hobby...Although someday I'm hoping to do it professionally. I've been taking pictures for about 2 yrs or so now, and just bought a DSLR, so now I've got to at least sell a few things to pay off my camera! : ) |
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03/10/2005 05:48:51 PM · #5 |
| Full time working pro doing commercial photography for catalog, and web. Getting back into portrait and wedding with digital. |
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03/10/2005 05:52:20 PM · #6 |
Do it as a semi-professional on the side. Don't want to depend on photography to survive, so I can still enjoy it.
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03/10/2005 06:00:35 PM · #7 |
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03/10/2005 06:02:29 PM · #8 |
For me being a full time professional photographer would be like getting paid to have sex. A lot of fun to begin with, but after awhile something you would have to pay me to do.
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03/10/2005 06:08:16 PM · #9 |
| you 1d mark II guys sure do have some serious hardware for a hobby. I commend that. Me Im a student, so I guess that puts me in the middle, I am far from pro, but Im trying to move progressively past hobby. I hate to use amateur because I know alot of amazing hobby photographers. |
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03/10/2005 06:08:47 PM · #10 |
| Hobby. Don't have plans, enough talent, drive or guts to go pro. |
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03/10/2005 06:10:19 PM · #11 |
Photography is a hobby of mine. Have made $1.35 in print sales thus far, does that make me a pro?
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03/10/2005 06:17:41 PM · #12 |
| Nice hobby.Professional?? Yeah, maybe in a 100 years time. |
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03/10/2005 07:09:01 PM · #13 |
Just a hobby, though I'm trying to make some money out of it. Like Ecce, not doing too well with prints, but I'm making a bit on stock sites. Hopefully it will improve in time.
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03/10/2005 07:20:08 PM · #14 |
Full time professional. I am only out of school two years, but am loving every minute of it. Although on paying jobs, i don't always feel like shooting. That is why I joined the site. I wanted a chance to be create again instead of just doing my job. I feel like a student again and can't wait to get out there and shoot some more challenges.
//www.jamiemoorephotography.com |
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03/10/2005 07:25:19 PM · #15 |
Hobby that I would like to develop. I really like taking "candid" portraits that catch who someone really is.. kwim?
I'd like to have it support itself though ;-) |
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03/10/2005 07:29:26 PM · #16 |
I really do not like the connotations of the word 'hobby' (as in 'dirt-biking' and filling in 'crossword puzzles' for a 'hobby').
I'm at peace with being called an amateur though, a 'lover' of photography, who practices its craft and aspires to art.
To be called a professional photographer, even if I made money by it, would put me in one camp with those who take pictures for no other reason but to make money, a despicably frightening prospect.
I'm an amateur photographer, seriously.
Message edited by author 2005-03-10 19:35:49.
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03/10/2005 07:31:35 PM · #17 |
| jmoore, couple of questions. Did you come straight out and into portrait or did you work somewhere else first? How did you bring in clientel so quickly to be a full-blown profesional 2 years out of school? Do you prefer location photos, or would u have a studio if you could afford one? Where did you go to school? How was it? Did u learn anything or do u have to force it out of professors? |
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03/10/2005 07:35:00 PM · #18 |
mostly full time. I could make my living this way this year, but I've chosen to do photo 3/4 time and another job 3/4 time to maximize my money for when I got FT next year. Still a hobby tho.
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03/10/2005 07:35:31 PM · #19 |
Its just a hobby for me, and that is the way I like it.
I do enough image processing work that I can write off all my camera gear form my taxes, help a lot when buying cameras.
As a hobby I photograph what I want when I want, if it was my profession I would be photographing for others.
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03/10/2005 07:35:37 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by mrmojo:
jmoore, couple of questions. Did you come straight out and into portrait or did you work somewhere else first? How did you bring in clientel so quickly to be a full-blown profesional 2 years out of school? Do you prefer location photos, or would u have a studio if you could afford one? Where did you go to school? How was it? Did u learn anything or do u have to force it out of professors? |
That's a lot of questions for one paragraph.
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03/10/2005 07:36:26 PM · #21 |
Retired professional photographer and former teacher of photography here. Architectural and commercial photography, neere did portraits, weddings, stuff like that.
Robt.
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03/10/2005 07:37:32 PM · #22 |
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03/10/2005 07:38:36 PM · #23 |
I was very fortunate to get my degree from Brooks and learn from working photographers that also teach. They were very open with their knowlege and experience and I could ask any of them questions now if I need advice. I was also very lucky to find a photographer that does exactly what I do and needed help, so I started out with her and now I have my own clientele from her studio, plus all the contacts I made there have gotten me some really good client/contacts in a really high end market. I do all my work on location in natural light and do not want to have the overhead that a studio brings. Of course I am still stuggling to get my biz to a point that I don't need to worry if the bills will be paid, but I some how seem to always make ends meet without having to take a second job. It takes about five years to build a great clientele, so I have to be patient. I do have some words of advice if you are thinking of going to school, but my post is getting a little long to if you want more info please email or call me, you can get my contact info on my website.
//www.jamiemoorephotography.com
Message edited by author 2005-03-10 19:38:57. |
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03/10/2005 07:39:19 PM · #24 |
Mostly hobby but a small side business is in the works. "Business" meaning, selling some things on the side to at least help with the cost of this expensive hobby. I don't plan to be a 'professional' or full-time photographer. Don't plan to do studio work or weddings. I wanna do what I wanna do, and when I wanna do it....and then I want someone pay me for the things I like to make. Is that so much to ask? :-D
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03/10/2005 07:42:14 PM · #25 |
Originally posted by ButterflySis:
Mostly hobby but a small side business is in the works. "Business" meaning, selling some things on the side to at least help with the cost of this expensive hobby. I don't plan to be a 'professional' or full-time photographer. Don't plan to do studio work or weddings. I wanna do what I wanna do, and when I wanna do it....and then I want someone pay me for the things I like to make. Is that so much to ask? :-D |
That puts many of us in the same boat.
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