The Average Age of Pro Photographers
Ever wonder what the average age of professional photographers is?
Ever wonder what the average age of professional photographers is?
A brief exchange during a passing conversation a few days ago got me thinking. Someone said something about how lucky I was to make a living as an artist. I immediately corrected them; while immensely thankful for my career, a job where I get to wake up every day and make images, I felt obligated to point out that most of the time I am not, in fact, an artist at all.
At best, assignment photographers are craftsmen, not artists, solving other people’s problems and putting other people’s ideas into effect in the most timely and cost-effective way possible; to think otherwise is delusional.
Here's a thought-provoking video making the rounds online -- one that you might want to watch if you love photography and have been thinking hard about your career path. It's based on a lecture given decades ago by philosopher Alan Watts, who poses the question, "What would you like to do if money were no object?"
I have been taking pictures for almost twenty years now and so much has changed over those years. Back in the beginning gas used to cost $1.00, Bill Clinton was president, and I was picking up a camera for the first time. I started out in high school playing with my father’s Nikon FM2 and taking pictures for the school newspaper. Today, I work with a medium format digital back shooting national ad campaigns, magazine articles, and catalogs. Some aspects of how I photograph have stayed unchanged, but a great deal has changed considerably.
Do professional photographers belong in delivery rooms? More and more of them are showing up there. The …
I try to stay involved as much as I can with students studying photography at different institutions in the area. Every year I go back to RIT and do a lecture on the business of photography and I feel it's important that I do so.
Recently I got an email from a young photographer asking me about the career of being a still life/food photographer.
Consumer affairs blog The Consumerist caused a stir earlier this week by offering the following advice to people looking to earn some extra cash for the holidays.
The International Society of Professional Wedding Photographers did a study a couple years …
Here's the second half of Tamara Lackey's recent interview with photographer Chase Jarvis.
[...] Chase gets very real about how he deals with critics, actually taking pride in being disruptive. And, while on the topic of criticism, some thoughts on dealing with the voices in your own head.
We shared the first part last weekend.
Photographer duo Joachim Guanzon and Marden Blake (AKA aesonica) created this short behind-the-scenes …
Is it your dream to become a professional photographer? Magnum photographer Christopher Anderson …
Photographer Michael Freeman says that although things are getting tougher for professional photographers, …
This comment posted (and deleted) by Reddit user WonkoTheLucid shows why photographers need …
Poke around on Craigslist, and you’ll find that it’s filled with ads selling professional services at dirt-cheap prices, including …
If you’re a professional photographer taking your camera into extreme environments, the cheap plastic body cap that comes with …
Here’s a neat little behind-the-scenes video in which Michael Ivins, the official photographer …
You know the “anyone can cook” mantra spoken by Chef Gusteau in Pixar’s …
Photographer Laurence Kim wrote an interesting article titled “ …
Ever wonder what the fees involved in doing photography for an ad campaign look like? Jess Dudley, a producer …
Meet the Inflatable Photo Studio (IPS), a giant plastic bag that inflates in …
Ever wonder how top photographers deal with their files? Chase Jarvis just put out an awesome blog post and behind-the-scenes video describing his entire workflow from capture to backup.
Got an assignment? Hire an AP photographer! The AP announced a new program allowing outside sources to hire some of …
It’s pretty amazing how many free learning resources are available on the web for photographers. Recently, BBC Wildlife …
The vast range of the new Fujifilm camera lines might explain how Fujifilm, the imaging-specific company placed 19th …
Job portal careercast recently released a ranking of 200 jobs from best to worst for 2010. The Wall Street Journal republished the data in a nice, sortable chart as its Best and Worst Jobs 2010 list. Since you're reading this, you probably want to know how jobs involving photography rank on the list. The answer: pretty low.
Some members of the photography industry have been up in arms the past few days over an internship offered …