Given a private income for 10 years....

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Well maybe you would have sold her a Tele-Apotessar F8/500 and a 2XE and 1.4 converters to give her 500,707 and 1000 focal lengths. And also maybe a 140-280 variogon zoom for the closer work and she would have got what a lot of professional wildlife photographers have always used and what she wanted. Instead the shop assistant sold her something useless.

If you actually read what I said earlier, I did know what I was doing and tried to sell her something suitable.

 

[BobYIL]

Call it a passion or hobby or profession, photography has influenced and keep on influencing a number of lives since decades. I remember a few prominent photographers who made this switch from the same profession as myself, engineering; like Marc Riboud, Philippe Halsman and Joseph Koudelka. However I am amazed to note in the later years a number of bankers turned into photographers.. Some examples:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/4015461/Career-change-Banker-turned-photojournalist.html

http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/east_king/bel/entertainment/126770483.html

http://matadornetwork.com/notebook/travel-photographer-interviews-tewfic-el-sawy/

http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2010/sep/30/banker-turned-photographer-discusses-career-path/

http://dokumentaryfotografr.blogspot.com/2009/02/another-banker-turned-photojournalist.html

 

[Turtle]

While I don't want to work hard for anything per se, with photography I find myself working exceptionally hard at it without realising. It never feels like work until I stop and realise that I am shattered!

 

[John Rountree]

I would use the money so I could volunteer to work for Doctors without Borders and/or other worthwhile organizations.

 

[HLing]

What would you do?

Who would make a go of photography and take the chance that in 10 years they could produce superb work, leading to a career of some sort.

Who would keep it a hobby?

Of those who would take those 10 paid years and dedicate themselves to photography, what would you do?

I ask, because there are an awful lot of people in photography who do have private incomes, though most are reluctant to say so. I've bumped into quite a few over the years, all doing different things, some with a plan and some with none.

What great plans/aspirations do you have that thus far are unfulfilled?

Given 10 years of private income I would:
1) come up with a system/space to reduce the bottlenecking many of us suffer, and make much more feasible the last part of the cycle: being able to learn and have a place to do darkroom wet printing. (Scanning is not the answer for me.)

2) Learn from the craftsmen who are knowledgeable about manual camera usage, maintenance and repair so that the next generation isn't left with these marvelous machines (many will probably out last us) they don't appreciate.

3) Bring back " " (you fill in the blank) of which everyone lament the discontinuation.

 

[Marko M.]

The best way to make a small fortune out of photography is to start with a large one.

This just jumped up on the list of my all time favorite quotes! Hilarious!

Marko

 

[selloutboy]

What I would do

What I would do

At 23, coming from a 3rd world country, already graduated from college with a degree in Marketing a year ago (but has not landed a job yet)- I will gladly take this private income to not be in the corporate world and pursue documentary photography.

I have always been interested in the province of Rizal which is outside Manila (The Philippines' Capital). I really just want to explore the place, how the people live, and despite being so close to the metro, how they maintain the Natural beauty of this province. I'd probably shoot it for around 5-6 years before concentrating on what I should do with the work I have done.

and of course since it is private income, I will buy a 35 cron and a 50 lux and another M body to go with my M4-P and a bunch of Tri-X 😀

My attitude will basically be "Do great work to the point that I could that say I have contributed to this world and now I can die peacefully :angel:"

This will never happen to me given the circumstances in my country but yeah, that is still what I am working towards even if I end up in the corporate world.

 

[Saratran0504]

10 years is a long time. Haizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz