How many members have a photography related occupation?

[cnphoto]

I've shot for a number of music magazines and press publications here in Sydney (4-5 years in total) stopping recently and selling all of my digital kit. Never felt an affinity with it.

I've worked for a large international photo agency / stock library for the past 12 months ( managing client accounts and developing new business).

No secondary photographic study aside from my own self-taught experiences. In my experience it was 100% of who you know and then when given a chance proving good when it comes to gaining any photographic work or job(s) too.

At the moment I'm also an 'acting photo editor' for a new e-press music magazine a friend is producing (and shooting the covers 🙂 ).

 

[Mephiloco]

I'm in the IATSE Local 600 (cinematographer's guild) and work as an Assistant Camera. I'm slowly working my way towards becoming a director of photography.

That being said, all the still photos I take are for fun or favors to friends/family. I've never sold a shot or tried to sell a shot. I've not even gotten around to putting any of my decent shots on flickr. 🙂

 

[Steve Karr]

I'm a Shooter & sometimes Tech. for others ... Fun way to make a few... (sadly) bucks.

But FUN!!

SteveKarrShoots.com
SteveKarrAssists.com
SteveKarrWalksYourDog.com

 

[NIKON KIU]

I use to work in Fotomat!

Does that count?

Kiu

 

[JPresley]

I have done absolutely huge amounts of photography with a light microscope as part of my job (cell biology). None of it has involved a conventional camera since I was a graduate student, when I actually clipped a Nikon to the microscope that was loaded with Tri-X. I was 100% digital from 1990 to the present. Of course, none of this had to be well composed or even slightly artistic, although avoiding dead cells could be considered a good idea😀.

I shoot film and sometimes digital for fun, no other reason. I've had photos published in newspapers twice. First time, they screwed up the credit line and put my father's name :bang:. Second time, was a small community newspaper, but I did get a correct byline🙂.

 

[CorreCaminos]

I'm the photo editor for a motorcycle travel magazine called RIDE TEXAS Magazine; most of my work involves photo selection and post processing other photographers' pictures but I get to shoot special projects occasionally. The last month has been particularly busy and I'm shooting lots of film (no digital for me).

As one of the owners of the magazine, I'm also responsible for a lot of other stuff that's not related to photography(from supervising the ad sales force and billing to writing custom computer programs); all these other responsibilities allow me to look forward to the photo work as a fun thing to do, not just a job, which is very important to me.

 

[ron1945]

gas

gas

How many members have a photography related illness? ... might be more to the point! 😛

i totally agree mines mostly gas,although i do see in rectangles if that counts.🙂

 

[ed1234]

The only relationship between my job and photography is that my job provide the funding...

I used to work as the photo lab in Boston when I was in college, the place is call Photo Quick at 198 Tremont Street, anyone been there, is it still around, at that time the owner is Harry, very good man, but I lost his contact.

 

[malkmata]

I work as an in-house photographer for a small toy company. I shoot professional child models and toy products for packaging design, company catalog, advertising, stores display and company website. I used to work as a freelancer but I feel much secure with a full time job in this present economy. I don't have to worry about finding clients, chasing after them to get paid. Also having health and retirement benefits is very important to me.

 

[clachnacuddin]

I worked in a camera shop at 16 years old before moving into photo labs, that was 20 years ago....now I fight crime for a living!

 

[Dwig]

I spent nearly 25 years working in and managing camera specialty stores. For most of that time I was the buyer for at least a portion of the inventory and handled all of the repair work (diagnosing the "faulty" item, routing it to the proper shops if real repair was actually needed, and explaining the estimates to the customers).

After a stint as a software feature designer for Macromedia FreeHand, I now work for a sign company in Key West. My current job isn't heavily photo dependent, but I design signs and do quite a number of mockups of the designs. The mockups require a bit of shooting knowledge and a bit of Photoshop skill (a lot of PS skill when I have to work from the rather poor images of the site that the sales contact or the customer bring in).

I learned photography on my father's knee as a young child. He was a skilled amateur with good darkroom skills. By late elementary school I was doing my own darkroom work independently. I repaired my first shutter, on a Kodak Vigalant 620, in the 6th grade with only basic instructions from Dad on how to take it apart. I never had any classroom photo education. The closest I came to that was some cinema and TV courses in college when I was a film and TV major (I started college aiming for a degree in Physics).

 

[_mark__]

Architecture student after several years of graphic design.

 

[shane_goguen]

I started shooting youth sports and weddings, Now I repair photo lab equipment.

 

[nonot]

I'm creative director at my own company, which also means I'm the janitor as well. I've never taken a photo for money or taken money for a photo, I don't know if I would or not given the opportunity. I deal with images all day long that aren't always necessarily "mine" - so it's nice to have something I just do for myself.

 

[DRabbit]

Art Director by trade, and sometimes I get to do a photoshoot here and there when the company I work for doesn't want to spend the money on the pro. Lately because of the economy, that's happened more and more, but it certainly isn't a main part of my job responsibilities.

Also in my freelance work, I sometimes do product photography.

Any photography I do for either is very different from what I do for myself 🙂

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

I now work for a sign company in Key West.

I love Key West. It is the only town in America worth living in where you can walk home from the airport.

 

[Bob Michaels]

I love Key West. It is the only town in America worth living in where you can walk home from the airport.

Check out Cedar Key FL, on the west coast where the Suwannee river flows into the Gulf of Mexico. There is a road into a neighborhood that crosses the end of the runway. The stop sign cautions you to check for landing aircraft before proceeding.

Unfortunately Cedar Key, once a fishing town, is becoming yuppiefied.