out of curiosity

[DMG]

so where do you fall in this poll?

 

[popstar]

Working for the man. Not in a photographic sense either... 🙁

 

[BillBingham2]

Information Technology pays too much for me not to be here these days. When I was old enough to be serious and told my father I wanted to be a professional photographer he said keep it as a hobby I would be happier (he wished he had). He was right, while I did it for a while, it's a great hobby.

I've seen way too many studios and good photographers (and lots of bad ones too) go out of business big in very painful ways over the past ten or fifteen years.

While I like to think I am good enough to survive, I've got two kids, a wonderful wife and could not afford to travel or take the time off (including flex time) that I do in my current role if I was a photographer.

B2 (;->

 

[DMG]

same here, clinical/pharmaceutical research pays the bills and is reasonably interesting too..photography takes the job related stress away

 

[jamesj]

im a marketing assistant in a small telecommunications company. I do all the ad's and graphic work. I started doing photography again cause i Honestly dont like coming to work working on a computer for 8 hours then going home and doing the same thing again for another 5 hours with personal/freelance work. Photography Is still a creative outlet for me, just a different medium.

 

[biomed]

A biomedical electronics technician position pays the bills (with help from military retirement), photography provides some of the fun.

Mike

 

[markinlondon]

Working for a well known three letter abbreviated IT company, who are trying to be a well known three letter abbreviated business consultancy company 😉
Not for much longer though 🙂 🙂

 

[beethamd]

Made redundant a month ago. On gardening leave.

 

[350D_user]

Employed, systems analyst. Previous jobs include camera sales assistant.

Selling cameras is a great way to kill all interest in a hobby, it's just like working in a sweetshop. Going digital revived my interest. Now I feel I've outgrown digital, it's time to go for a darkroom setup.

 

[Nikon Bob]

Drive a forklift for a living and try photgraphy and collecting to relax.

Bob

 

[rogue_designer]

freelance art director and photographer - so partially employed photographic.

 

[Robert]

I am an oil and gas fired burner service engineer working on industrial and commercial plant.

The job paid well over the years with plenty of overtime. Nowdays with factory closures etc. things aren't so good but it is still a steady job.

I would love to take photographs semi-professionally but I would need to practice and get willing models for portraiture and do still life.

A lot of the photographers from the 1930s to the present day have produced amazing black and white images.

 

[ffttklackdedeng]

Great poll DMG!

being one of those employed without photography connection

 

[colyn]

I retired about a month and a half ago. 🙂 😛 😎 😀

 

[CleverNamePhoto]

I watch paint dry...no, really, I watch paint dry.
I work Quality Control for an air conditioning manufacturer. I check the paint job and a bunch of other stuff. It's fast paced and hectic, we're constantly understaffed, blah, blah, blah, workin' for the man.

 

[ebolton]

Mechanical Engineer by training. Worked in industrial/military product design in the engineering departments of several companies over many years. Recently changed jobs and am working at a great small company, splitting my time between Manufacturing Engineering and Design Engineering. More variety and challenge, and much more fun. Got to be assistant for a freelance photographer doing a shoot of one of our new products for trade literature today; learned some stuff and had a great day.

Ed

 

[gb hill]

I drive a tank truck delivering bulk lubricants, taking a few photographs along the way.🙂

 

[robin a]

12-15 Retired from the navy,working as a contract aircraft maintenance supervisor.Like cameras to relieve the stress.........Robin

 

[Bryce]

I'm a machinist by trade, currently working full time while I'm between quarters at school... Come January I'll be a full time student with a part time job cutting things. I've never worked in imaging. I called myself "unemployed/ student", largely out of wishful thinking...

 

[Athena]

I work to support my photography habit. 😉