I love this site, and appreciate all of the good info and advice. I know a lot of you are pro photographers, but I'm curious too what the demographics are for those of you who are not earning your money in photography. Is there a correlation to science? to biology? politics?

Um...sort of none of the above. While I am in college I am shooting for various publications including the University newspaper, yearbook as well as freelancing for a magazine/website dedicated to K-State sports (Powercat Illustrated / GoPowercat.com) so I get my income from that from August - May now.

Before then it was the Service sector =) (working at a golf course) and will continue to work for them in the summer while I am not in school.

And in 6 years (don't ask why it will take that long..........) I will be a Golf Course Architect...

None of the above, I test video games for Bungie... I'm in the Halo 3 credits! Haha. Umm, but I'm a full time student. Without summer jobs I'd have 0 money and 0 camera gear.

I'm a trauma/acute care nurse in a big city hospital.

dcains,

Please tell me your Alpha Romeo is for sale . =)

I am in the Army which has given me the opportunity to photograph in some unique places. Unfortunately I am in the Army and spend most of my time working.

Jonathan Knight wrote:
dcains,

Please tell me your Alpha Romeo is for sale . =)


Not if you cant spell it correctly!

Jonathan Knight wrote:
dcains,

Please tell me your Alpha Romeo is for sale . =)

Not in this lifetime. I've got 3 and always looking for another. It's Alfa Romeo, BTW.

Brain fart.......it had been a long day. =)

Active Duty Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Coast Guard.

R U IRS

Braddo_99,

No, no, and no. And even if there were, correlation does not equal cause-ality. So armed with this demographic data, now what?

Retired

I'm not saying.

EB

IT Guy.. Reserve Deputy Sheriff er wait, I don't get paid there, and photos on the site. Other than that, notta! :o)

Thanks too all the military guys btw!! Much appreciated. Coast Guard Included!

Ace computer geek who uses sophisticated Linux programs for editing and archive management.

Crime Scene Investigator. Thats how i get my $$$$$.

Dolphin and orca trainer for my city's aquarium.

IT specialist working for the government is a job I guess. Just got done a masters degree, past few years considered myself more of a student, job was something I did before I turned to classwork lol....

Only_Canon wrote:
Crime Scene Investigator. Thats how i get my $$$$$.

how odd, Im a criminal who loves to commit murder, so in essence, im paying for your bills by keeping you a job. How interesting.

i'm in mental health

Interesting poll. But you need a few more categories... like these

Consultant

Technology Development

Student

Law Enforcement

Military

Part of income from Photography

Over Paid Oil Company Executive who just needed a Hobby

well maybe not the last one....

National Park Service. Fort Vancouver NHS. But in addition I shoot local landscape & historic architecture & have them in local gift shops, plus a very few portraits, pets and so on. I don't wish to work too hard. So if I voted I guess I'd have to say Government & Photography.

Interesting the responses.

Deputy Director, Mozambique/Malawi Global AIDS Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Cheers.
mark

BenV wrote:
Only_Canon wrote:
Crime Scene Investigator. Thats how i get my $$$$$.

how odd, Im a criminal who loves to commit murder, so in essence, im paying for your bills by keeping you a job. How interesting.

Ben,
Keep up the good work!