Median pay: $43,600
% who say their job is stressful: 100%
The job may sound glamorous, but commercial photographers, who capture models, merchandise and landscapes for books, advertisements and catalogs, have to contend with long days, picky personalities and demanding deadlines -- sometimes withstanding precarious positions just to get that perfect shot.
"One time I was doing a portrait of two guys who owned a construction company. The next thing I knew I was standing on this little catwalk under the Throgs Neck bridge [in New York City], dangling above the water because it gave me this great angle," said Gale Zucker, a photographer from Branford, Conn.
Interesting. For as stressful as wedding photography is and as demanding as brides can be, I imagine it's a bit more stressful doing certain types of commercial photography. Pickier people, tighter deadlines.
Thats Fresh wrote:
edit: SUPER picky clients/business owners and daily deadlines with no margin for error.
...who want everything for a price that works out to dollars per hour. We get countless requests for commercial photography and never hear from them again when quoted a price.
Commercial jobs can be very stressful. I have had a few of those; ridiculous deadlines, shoot times and art directors/ owners yelling and I have had a few that were smooth and believe it or not, relaxing and enjoyable.
Median pay: $32,900
% who say their job is stressful: 62%
Every minute is another deadline for those who report and write the news. While racing against the clock, reporters gather data, conduct interviews and analyze their findings all before writing about major events for a newspaper, magazine, radio show or television program.
This also applies to PHOTOjournalists. I certainly wouldn't say that my job is stressful 62% of the time, but I don't get paid a fantastic salary for my PJ work.
