Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 1/6/00 12:47:24 AM, howard.390@osu.edu writes: >So, you pros, doesn't this bother you? How do you keep things fun and >interesting? > I can speak only for myself. I went to college to be a shooter. I entered the workforce as a shooter and have continued to earn my living as a photographer and now photographer/writer/editor for 15 years now. With any luck I'll continue. It's interesting work.You meet interesting people. Plus, photography is fun. I enjoy doing it. It's something I know quite a bit about and am somewhat competent at. Like I tell people who ask, it beats working. But the funny thing is, if I weren't getting paid for it I would hardly shoot a frame. This probably sounds odd to those with a passion for photography but I do it as a job -- a great job, mind you, but a job. I admire people who have a love for photography that is so strong they HAVE to do it. I don't have that. My love is for people and the privledge of stepping into their lives for a while. Photography and writing allows me to do that. I guess in the end, I would be careful about advising anyone to go into photography as a career if their love really is the photography itself. You may find it ends up a JOB and you end up hating it. Being a working shooter means making pictures of things that DON'T interest you and being creative when you don't feel particularly creative. It means getting it up and putting it on and getting it done day by day -- not just when the light is right and not just when the mood strikes. Again, it is a job. Is that what you want your photography to be? Bob (loves his job) McEowen