What do you do for a living?

I work as a benefits consultant who sets up golden handcuffs and golden parachutes for high-level executives of both major public and private corporations. Furthermore, we're also involved in providing employee benefits to the employees of these corporations.

Photography is a hobby for me although I've been doing it for well over 25 years. I even had a stint at a major newspaper for 4 years.
 
24x30 said:
Sounds like there were enough time to take photographs during this time. How about a series 'people at work' :)

/rudi
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I tried to start a similar thread along the lines of the Coffee and Camera thread with bring your camera to work. It didn't seem to take off very well. I though it would be interesting to see what people do for work, and get a shot of them at work, or their work environment.
 
I am an architectural photographer by trade. I have been making a living like this for over 25 years. But my main passion is street photography, it always has been. But it is very hard to make a living with street photography (lol)! So, most of my equipment is 4x5 large format stuff, but it is my small rangefinder cameras and shooting with them that is closest to my heart. For the most part, architectural photography is a highly structured and sterile form of photography, where as my street shooting is very loose and free. Much more fun!
 
My wife and I are both computer engineers, and she could have easily taken over my job. When Nikki was born I was prepared to quit my job and stay home. Nina had an offer in North Carolina with some bio-medical firm for a lot more than I was making. They even told her they could come up with a job for me, if they had to. She told them her mean husband would not let her take the job. I told them the mean husband would have breakfast made every day and a nice lunch packed. I lost, Nina stayed home.
 
I am an Architect, I work mainly making Gas Station projects for Repsol YPF and Comercial Achitectural Buildings. I miss the time when I studied, when I did more creative things. This forum Is great becouse I can put my Imagination back to work again.
 
I am a chemical engineer, but I worked my way through college as a photographer for the university, primarily running their darkroom. I also worked as a wedding photographer for about 20 years on the side to make money for equipment. I really got tired of photography for money and had pretty much stopped taking pictures until I discovered digital photography. My latest passion is aquiring all of the old equipment I always wanted, but couldn't afford. I started by fixing my father's Alpa 10D (with a 100mm Kinoptic). Then started buying as much old german stuff as I have room for. I have a real thing for zeiss glass. I love my G1, but I'm currently thinking of looking for a Contax III. I have given up photography as a profession, but with my friends daughters all getting to be of marriage age, I have been doing weddings again of late. Oh well... an excuse to buy some more stuff.
 
Hi there... I work as an online editor at a video postproduction house in San Francisco. "Online," a term that predates the internet boom, is these days a slightly obsolete term that indicates that all the devices are under some form of computer control. There used to be many post houses in SF, but we're about the last. I've been doing this work for about 25 years, specializing mostly in the finishing editing of documentary films. These days I work mostly as a colorist, meaning that I just color correct the images in finished films. For photography, I shoot B&W. :)

Ed
 
Gee , has it been two weeks since I've been here. That makes me feel terrible.

Any way, I'm a retired COO who had the good fortune to land a part time job in a very good camera store and lab after I burned out. Periodically I'd look at the store owner and say something like, "I don't believe that you pay me to stand around talking photography all day."
 
well i think that i am in that college stage that seems to fit into most of these stories... i am working on a BA in Creative writing and for cash i work at a local internet cafe and i am also the photographer for the local paper, as many have stated photos for cash ist all that great... unlessyou are doing it and then getting folks to pay for it ex post facto
 
Probably good to keep this thread active. It's a nice idea.

I'm a father to two kids, a woodworker on the side, I collect watches (cf, my avatar) and have been a photography buff since I was 12 (now 28 years ago). My day job is professor of electrical and computer engineering at a place the South with a terrible basketball team (sadly).
 
I am a graphic designer and run a small publishing house, a graphic design studio and a mobile photographic studio. Since both my partner and I are graphic designers a lot of our focus in the publishing house are on design and quality in production witch is fun but very hard work and low profit :-(
The graphic design studio and the photographic studio work on different assignments for institutions, museums, galleries etc. typically within the field of art/culture/photography. My wife is also a designer but her focus is on jewellery and she runs her work together with a partner from another part of town. I have two kids - the oldest, a girl of 15 got her first real camera for Christmas - a Rolleiflex 1953 :) and she is currently spending more film than I do. The youngest girl is 12 - she sings and paints - I have four cats at home and one in the publishing house - I have a hard time not buying a lot of cameras from the 1950ties but I am not a collector. I like to use what I have and if I do not use it - it has to go. Any way it is great to be on this forum - thanks Jorge - very inspiring and with the many different backgrounds we share something precious among us.
ps. On my avatar it is my to the left som 38 years ago - and my 1½ year older sidster to the right
 
I'm a wedding photographer, turned pro two years ago and never looked back.

I would like to branch out into other areas of photography though.


Patrick
 
I'm a professional Firefighter....actually a Captain on a Ladder Truck. I work two 24 hour shifts per week so I have lots of time off to pursue photographic medocrity, which I do quite well, thank you.
 
I think I wasted someone's other message thread with my background but I'll do it again.

I work two jobs, both of pleasure to me. My day job (#1 job) is working for the State of Idaho in our Department of Environmental Quality. I am the Quality Director for the Idaho DEQ. I have spent 30 years in quality assurance, beginning as a QA Specialist for the Department of the Navy (civilian) overhauling and refueling nuclear submarines. From there I went to building commercial nuclear power plants, and from there to nuclear waste disposal, and from there to other environmental remediation activities, ending up where I am now (my best job so far, although the pay isn't as good as the private industry adventures).

My 2nd job is as the manager of the local public shooting range. My primary hobby is long range target rifle shooting so this one fit right in. Fortunately my wife is very understanding and supportive of this hobby and has stayed here on the range with me for the past 6 1/2 years (yes, I actually get paid for living on a sixty acre shooting range).

Don
 
i'm currently a student but will be starting an IT consulting job in august.

would rather join magnum haha, or magnum of the early days...
 
Been a guitar player since I was 15 and 11 years in a band up in Syracuse NY. I now work as a chemist for the Veterans Administration in Albuquerque. We coodinate clinical research trials. Photography has been a love and hobby for many years. Contax G2 (28,45,90mm lenses). Did wedding photography for a while and got tired of it. Want to do something else like maybe b&w greeting and notecards. SINGLE.

Gary
 
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