Ben Rubinstein
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What do you do for living?
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MGrayson
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:ROTFL:
Sounds right. That bug doesn't bite, it clobbers you repeatedly on the head and wallet. It hit me hard last week.
Matt
Oh, me? I was an academic mathematician for 10 years, went to Wall Street in the early 90s, and am sort of still there, although no longer working at the banks anyone's heard of.
I picked up a camera when I was four, myparents ,bless them, gave me a camera which I promptly took apart to see how it worked. They gave me another with my promise to not do that again. Quickly they put me on a film allowence, I had one roll a week, it taught me a lot. I had my own photo business at age 12, my parents made me write out a business plan and keep books. I worked my way through college as a photographer. I worked for four older photographers over a seven year period, advertising and archtectural and PR. Then Horses, then weddings and carriage trade portraits, then portraits, more of a mass market. I went into business for myself, and did mostly architectural and product illustration, but a little bit of everything, started an advertising agency and liked that. One of the recessions killed the ad agency and I went into sales, sales management and training and customer relations. I have always done Fine Art photography and painting. Now I am a landscape designer and community outreach director for a small cemetery. So I market, do the PR, copy write, photograph a great deal of the grounds, of which I design. It is like landscape photography except I design the landscape. I started a gallery at the cemetery and we exhibit every month. I will be showing an Oliver Galgiani exhibit in May, if any of you are in N. California and want to see a really shamefully under rated master artist, you are invited. But the shows here are quite good. Last year I showed one of the founders of the Blind Photographers Guild. Magical stuff. Joe
Dave_Anderson
Member
I've been doing quality assurance since the mid-80's, mostly on software but some hardware and firmware. Now I write software that tests other software, but moving from that into more of an architect role.
I had romantic notions of becoming a Nat Geo photographer not long after buying my first camera in 4th grade but I have since learned that it's a very tough job, not so romantic after all.
I'm satisfied as a hobbyist, but if I could see a clear path to replacing the income from my high-tech career with one in photography it would be very hard to resist. My only other concern would be that I don't want to turn it into a "job", I always want photography to be enjoyable.
I had romantic notions of becoming a Nat Geo photographer not long after buying my first camera in 4th grade but I have since learned that it's a very tough job, not so romantic after all.
I'm satisfied as a hobbyist, but if I could see a clear path to replacing the income from my high-tech career with one in photography it would be very hard to resist. My only other concern would be that I don't want to turn it into a "job", I always want photography to be enjoyable.
M
meilicke
Guest
Mostly IT infrastructure (servers, storage, etc). More details:
Engineer by education:
Ceramic Engineer - fuel cell and lamp phosphor research (and a patent that I no longer understand…)
Process Engineer - micro electronics
Computers by hobby turned pro:
System Administrator
Marketing - websites, management
IT Manager
Back into sys admin work, where I am now. I feel fortunate that I am mostly happy with with work.
Got into photography when my father-in-law gave me his Canon FD system back in 1999.
My only photo gig has been doing a few "Photo Booth" type deals, like you see in the airport. I take 6-7 pictures of people being silly, pic the worst four and print them up on a vertical strip. It is a big party hit, and a lot of fun to do. :thumbs:
Engineer by education:
Ceramic Engineer - fuel cell and lamp phosphor research (and a patent that I no longer understand…)
Process Engineer - micro electronics
Computers by hobby turned pro:
System Administrator
Marketing - websites, management
IT Manager
Back into sys admin work, where I am now. I feel fortunate that I am mostly happy with with work.
Got into photography when my father-in-law gave me his Canon FD system back in 1999.
My only photo gig has been doing a few "Photo Booth" type deals, like you see in the airport. I take 6-7 pictures of people being silly, pic the worst four and print them up on a vertical strip. It is a big party hit, and a lot of fun to do. :thumbs:
jonoslack
Active member
Well - I'm chipping in to be polite, but I don't really think I have anything interesting to say!
I'm a botanist by training, a mycologist after that (PhD half written up - still mouldering in the attic).
For the last 23 years
I have had a small software business with specialised ERP software for SMEs in the oil industry . . . . and I take pictures, sometimes for money, but mostly because I don't seem to be able to stop.
There, you see, :sleep006::sleep006::sleep006:
I'm a botanist by training, a mycologist after that (PhD half written up - still mouldering in the attic).
For the last 23 years
I have had a small software business with specialised ERP software for SMEs in the oil industry . . . . and I take pictures, sometimes for money, but mostly because I don't seem to be able to stop.
There, you see, :sleep006::sleep006::sleep006:
Godfrey
Well-known member
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Cfoord
Guest
Senior IT Support Technician and Team Leader for large financial company in South Africa. Been cuffed to my desk here since 2006.
Father of a beautiful 5 month old son (Yes, he is the focus of 50% of my photography, as my wife takes up the other 50%).
Father of a beautiful 5 month old son (Yes, he is the focus of 50% of my photography, as my wife takes up the other 50%).
Retired 12/31/2010 from banking after 42 years from small community banks. Held almost every management position in those years and almost the whole time as a Vice President. Hard to make President while the President's son waits in the wings. Photography has been my main hobby for at least that amount of time although I have earned money from it on many occasions.
Greg
Greg
scho
Well-known member
Retired environmental research scientist. Spent the bulk of my career at Cornell University investigating acid rain impacts in the Adirondack Mountains of Northern New York State, Sweden, Norway, and Canada. I've always been interested in photography since building my first darkroom as a teenager and now finally have the time to pursue this hobby fully.
Cardiologist-scientist, university-based. Specialty is sudden cardiac death in young people.
My dad hooked me on photography -- still remember doing contact sheets in the spare bathroom and watching them develop. Still love shooting film -- over the years have slowly acquired all of the cameras he had dreamed of owning (making sure that they are of early 60's vintage like me)- just wish he was still around so we could share them.
Totally a hobby for me, nothing like an evening in the darkroom or an afternoon with a handful of film holders and my 4x5 to help me forget a tough case or the never-ending granting effort.
My dad hooked me on photography -- still remember doing contact sheets in the spare bathroom and watching them develop. Still love shooting film -- over the years have slowly acquired all of the cameras he had dreamed of owning (making sure that they are of early 60's vintage like me)- just wish he was still around so we could share them.
Totally a hobby for me, nothing like an evening in the darkroom or an afternoon with a handful of film holders and my 4x5 to help me forget a tough case or the never-ending granting effort.