What's your Full-Time Job?

[bcap]

I'd be interested to hear - out of those who have a full-time job besides their photography business - what they do for a living.

Me, well, I'm a full-time student. I'm hoping to get into either marketing or teaching high school.

That is, of course, unless my master plan of becoming a full-time photographer don't work out! Either way, I obviously plan on continuing photography.

[sblais]

Professional and life-long student. Ph.D in electrical engineering. Playing with expensive toys that keep on breaking with a budget-oriented supervisor who prefers having me fix them than paying a competent technician to do that job. Good for learning, bad for the thesis and for my progress...

Also looking for a "real" job...

I believe there's a thread like this in the General Chat section. Unless you are interested in knowing only what wedding photographers do as a living.

[bcap]

Yeah, curious about those in wedding photography.

Sebastein - how old are you?

[sblais]

Sebastein - how old are you?

Below average :p

26

:D

[bcap]

Nice answer ;)

[sblais]

Did you look closely?

[bcap]

Ahhh! I just noticed it now!

Touche!

[mmahoney]

I'm a full time commercial photographer .. just starting to shoot weddings this year.
Mike

[bcap]

Wow. Mike, good for you! How difficult was it to get into full-time?

[Bobster]

Freelance Graphic Designer moving into Photography :)

[bcap]

Freelance Graphic Designer moving into Photography :)

That's the life!

[JaertX]

lowly CADD operator at an engineering firm that designs powerplants. goes right along with photography.

it looks like I will make about 75% of my day job wages in photography income this year though, so maybe another two years and I will be full time. woohoo.

[jamiewexler]

Corporate Trainer and Tech Writer. One of these days I'll be good enough (and expensive enough) to be a stay at home dad/full time pro photographer...

[mmahoney]

How difficult was it to get into full-time?

Pretty easy once you learn to live on macaroni & cheese :lol:
Mike

[david lee]

lowly CADD operator at an engineering firm that designs powerplants. goes right along with photography.

it looks like I will make about 75% of my day job wages in photography income this year though, so maybe another two years and I will be full time. woohoo.

Jason,
me too. I work for a local highways agency using Autocad

[Dorman]

Full time regional account manager in the office industry. The show "The Office" is based loosely around my life. ;) Just getting started in wedding photography.

[JaertX]

Jason,
me too. I work for a local highways agency using Autocad

I think a thread a long time ago asked about day jobs and there were quite a few CADD operators/Draftsmen on here.

We're 95% MicroStation at the firm I work for...used Autocad for a long time though...realease 9 through 2000i (if I remember correctly)

but I guess we have to be careful with that...it could get into a whole Canon/Nikon thing :shock:

[Toogy]

Full time Network Administrator for a small lab. Basically if anything plugs into the wall, I have to fix it or get somebody to fix it ;)

Talked seriously last night with a friend about going full time in photography next year.... just not happy working this job right now. If I can do 20-25 weddings a year with little or no advertising effort, what could I do IF I had more time to devote to it?

[bcap]

Full time Network Administrator for a small lab. Basically if anything plugs into the wall, I have to fix it or get somebody to fix it ;)

Talked seriously last night with a friend about going full time in photography next year.... just not happy working this job right now. If I can do 20-25 weddings a year with little or no advertising effort, what could I do IF I had more time to devote to it?

Network admin - something else I've entertained going into.

Jeff, you have a natural tallent @ photography. Your photos are gorgeous. If you are booking that many with no advertising, up your advertising, up the prices a bit and you could easily go full time.

[noct]

Im a hotel engineer

[cosworth]

Another Regional Account Manager here - for Sage Software. If you've heard of Accpac or Simply Accounting, ACT!, MAS 500 etc. then yeah, that's me.

Back at it after living in the Caribbean as a photographer where my studio was in a Club Med. I shoot on the side as much as I can and one day will go back to being full time. Takes effort and word of mouth. Working hard at it...

[liza]

- High school special ed teacher
- Yearbook adviser
- Senior portrait and wedding photographer
- Newspaper photographer and have done sportswriting in the past
- Just got the school contract to shoot the prom, National Honor Society, Homecoming, and Graduation photos. Working on the sports photo contract for next year.
- Hired this year as a photography trainer for Josten's publishing company.
- Volunteer judge for the local 4-H photography competition
- Single mom of two really rowdy boys and soon to be wife to a really cool guy.

[bcap]

LOL Liza! How do you do it?!

[Toogy]

Remember she doesn't sleep!

[JimAskew]

Vice President and Branch Manager for an Engineering Firm. On my second career after 22 years in the Army and retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel.

Photography is my passion. I have learned that I can be very creative if I carefully apply the skills and tools given to me by God and B+H :D

[MrsOpie]

I'm a full time student in the photography department at the University of Utah. I'm just starting my photography business as a part time to full time job. My sweet husband supports me.

[Maui Kim]

FT mom of two rowdy boys...chief cook and bottle washer:) Caretaker of elderly father in-law..Wedding photography is my escape! lol...I just completed my 1st year in wedding photography..I feel like I should have a party..it was a fun 1st year!

[bcap]

I'm a full time student in the photography department at the University of Utah. I'm just starting my photography business as a part time to full time job. My sweet husband supports me.

Great to hear I'm not the only student here.

I bet I'm younger than you though ;)

[bcap]

FT mom of two rowdy boys...chief cook and bottle washer:) Caretaker of elderly father in-law..Wedding photography is my escape! lol...I just completed my 1st year in wedding photography..I feel like I should have a party..it was a fun 1st year!

Wow! Only your 1st year?

By looking @ your photos I'd say you've been doing it forever!

[brusselandsprout]

Full time Primary School teacher - 8 and 9 year olds.

Photography might be my way out, one of these days!

[Toogy]

Holy crap, I might NOT be employed much longer!! Just checked my voicemail for the first time in awhile.
"Your mailbox is full, 85 new messages, please delete un-needed messages"

OH MY, they go back to sometime in MAY!!!! whoops... lol.

[bcap]

LOL that's what you get for writing POTN posts instead of responding to work-related voicemails. Haha.

[Thunderbird33]

Full time Network Administrator for a small lab. Basically if anything plugs into the wall, I have to fix it or get somebody to fix it ;)



I was there for 5 years. I was even asked about the freakin' kettle! Working for large software company now as support engineer.

Got on as an assistant/2nd shooter with local pro-photographer......

Also part time job explaining to wife why so much gear is needed.....which is the most exhausting! :D

[Grace]

Holy crap, I might NOT be employed much longer!! Just checked my voicemail for the first time in awhile.
"Your mailbox is full, 85 new messages, please delete un-needed messages"

OH MY, they go back to sometime in MAY!!!! whoops... lol.
no wonder you didn't return my calls :lol:

Full time mom and Internet Supporter :) Part time photographer.

[subtle_spectre]

In addition to my 20-30 weddings and other shoots a year, I also work full-time as an attorney for the state department of child services...I'm the guy that takes kids away from parents and what not.

[Dorman]

Another Regional Account Manager here - for Sage Software. If you've heard of Accpac or Simply Accounting, ACT!, MAS 500 etc. then yeah, that's me.



You do the software I do the hardware. Cheers!

[liza]

LOL Liza! How do you do it?!

Sleep is overrated. :lol:

[jessiper]

FT mom and photographer.

[k_blais]

I'm a full time translator (english to french). I support my husband who is, as he said earlier in the thread, a "Professional and life-long student".

Part-time, I am a second shooter in my husband's business. We work well as a team for wedding photography.

[sblais]

^^ Translation: she's my sugar-mama! ;)

[bcap]

WOAH! I had no idea Sebastein's wife was on this forum!

Welcome Karine!

[k_blais]

Be careful, be very careful! :twisted:

[italianfemmy]

I have a contract with Penguin Publishing for a sports mystery fiction novel that I am writing. Whenever I send them a new chapter, they send me a check. And when and if I complete the novel, I will get paid royalties forever and a huge completion bonus. Unfortunately, since my mother passed away from cancer, I haven't been able to write as much or as well as I would like and haven't sent in many chapters in some time.

I also work as a part time contracter for Time Warner Cable. When people don't pay their bills, I go to their homes and take away their equipment, phone modems, cable modems and digital boxes and remotes. I get paid for every piece of equipment I retrieve. Bet ya'll didn't know I had a tough side ;-)

[AMeyer]

I'm an RN full time, 8-5. I'm hoping to transition to SAHM/full time photographer in the next 2 years. Right now, if I consistently shoot 2 weddings/month, I'll be profiting the same amount as my monthly pay as an RN. But, some months are slower than others.

[tony fanning]

I`m an antique furniture restorer! Photography is my escape from the tedium. Both jobs get the creative juices going.

[Grace]

I`m an antique furniture restorer! Photography is my escape from the tedium. Both jobs get the creative juices going.

nice tony! I love antiques!

[BaliHai]

Trying to be a full time photographer after a restructuring left me without my job of 27 years which was catalog designer and art director/photo director for a major mail order company.

[tim]

Full time wedding photographer for 6-9 months of the year (including now).
Software developer (contract and on my own projects).

[joruiz]

post producer and 3D guy for a small porduction house I have with two partners. TV commercials, corporate videos, training videos, etc.

[CatchingUp]

I teach Jr High in a public school and LOVE what I do. My photography is a growing hobby that I got away from years ago...and recently have rekindled a love affair with. I'm having the time of my life with it and even though I'm getting more calls to shoot weddings and such, I'd hate to go full time with it. I think I enjoy photography a lot more when I don't "HAVE" to do it. :-)

[CatchingUp]

I'm an RN full time, 8-5. I'm hoping to transition to SAHM/full time photographer in the next 2 years. Right now, if I consistently shoot 2 weddings/month, I'll be profiting the same amount as my monthly pay as an RN. But, some months are slower than others.

Wow...my wife is an RN. I can't imagine having the time or energy to do that/this on the side after working like an RN does.

Kudos to you. ;-)

[jcpoulin]

I have my real job as an Orthopedic Physician Assistant in a busy private practice. My other full time job is watching my 3 girls grow-up ( too fast at times)....soccer, horseback riding/shows, karate and such!!! I am trying to start some part-time photography services to fulfill my love of photography!!

[jt168]

Product Manager of a high tech firm - photography is a hobby, passion, soon-to-be second career?!

[Tomi Hawk]

After owning and operating my studio for 26 years, I turned golf pro .. :D USGA/TF.
Having worked with the PGA for the last several years, I got involved with video
to show students their own swing to help make swing changes and improve their game.

Never left the still side of the industry, and just recently got involved with digital.
Do the occasional Wedding from time to time, along with working with models.

Can't ever see myself gettin out from behind the lens from medium format, digital or video.

[inkulio]

Network Engineer for a hedge fund in NYC... photography's been a hobby of mine for a while. Trying to go "pro" - not just for weddings though.

[sierra_nova]

Full time photographer - Weddings, and studio work - babies, families, kids, make-over, corporate, pets. Studio has been open for 5 months. It's been tough, but worth it!

Cheers,
Naomi

[Padawan Dad]

Facilities Manager for a local Parish. Hoping to be a full time Wedding Photog. sometime VERY soon! ...someday.

[twinsrus]

MIS Coordinator for a county agency.

Shot weddings since 1978, got out of it, got back in a couple years ago, trying to book enough to pay for my son's college expenses :confused:, and just have fun with a passion I've had for a long time.

My wife and I are doing this so we can do something together after we get done doing what we do for a living now. She directs, I shoot. Works well.

Buying new stuff, reworking our website so it is more appealing to the real decision makers - brides. Trying to learn the software to get the WOW factor going. So much to learn...

[dragnfly1996]

I'm an Community Outreach Manager at a Rape Crisis Center
Single Mom (1 bio son)
Foster Parent (doing weekend restbit for other foster parents and waiting for my own placement)
3 Boston Terriers (yes, that's a job!!)
Part time Photographer

[Scott_Quier]

From 5:30AM - 1:30PM, Software engineer - mostly business database work (.Net, SQL Server, that sort of thing).

2:00PM - 10:00PM, wedding photographer. My wife asked my sometime in Feb, "Is it ever going to slow down so you can get some rest?"

[bcap]

My wife asked my sometime in Feb, "Is it ever going to slow down so you can get some rest?"

And you answer ... "No, I'm still waiting for it to pick up!" LOL

It's a good thing they love us! They put up with quite a bit now don't they.

[sapearl]

I live out in the Cube Country of Dilbert land - I'm a Sr. Communications Specialist (Network Engineer) for a large Telecom company..... although I was Art Director for the same company back in the early '90's until they went through a major reorg and I had to start dodging bullets. They do that sort of thing now and then - you gotta' be quick on your feet.:rolleyes:

[sapearl]

Best and most accurate comment I've seen yet Mike for those who dream of doing nothing but photography for their sole source of income.

Pretty easy once you learn to live on macaroni & cheese :lol:
Mike

[Jim G]

Healthcare professional - I'm a registered nurse first year out of uni. It pays the bills and pretty much all the extra cash goes towards camera gear.. I'm trying to build up what I want now before I go overseas or buy a house.

I love my job. First job I've had where I've had the experience of getting up and honestly enjoying going to work.

Photography... while I do really enjoy it and I've had some opportunities to go part- or full-time with it, it's something I find I enjoy more as art at the moment with money coming in from landscapes and some magazine work. Eventually I wouldn't mind going part-time but I don't want to lose the enjoyment of it as an art form and I think that relying on it to bring in the money will kill a bit of that.

[getabetterpic]

Financial Analyst for a small cell phone provider. Starting law school next year though, so not sure how that's going to work out with everything.

[Chris&jess]

Full-time civil engineer for over 18 years now, and looking forward to spending every day at photography like my wife does.
Chris

[JJacula]

I'm mostly a mother to a one year old girl and a wife to a farmer/oilfield worker, but web design is what pays my bills right now (and buys me new toys!). 2007 is my portfolio building year, hoping to be much busier in 2008 when I have enough examples to show people what I can do!

Before I had a baby, I was the editor of a small-town newspaper, so I'm definitely not new to photography ... plus have been a professional equine photographer since 2002.

[louiep83]

Contract T-Rex (i.e. IBM mainframe, the kind that still runs most of the world's financial transactions) progammer/analyst/consultant or whatever title that pay the bills.

[Big Mike]

I'm a C.E.T. (Certified Engineering Technologist)...I'm the head designer/CAD drafter at my company.
Most of our work is making shelters for the oil field...which means that we are much busier in the fall & winter than we are in the summer. I've only recently started shooting weddings on my own and I'm hoping that I can work it so I can take spring & summer off from the day job for photography and then go back to designing when it's busy in the winter. Either that, or maybe I could be a stay at home dad when we have kids...while shooting wedding.

[deltroid]

Operations Manager in a Logistics company in Brazil...
Hey 'Big Mike', we move a lot of containers for Weatherford, and some of them go to Canada...
I love what I do, but I'm seriously looking into moving out of the country soon...look for a better opportunity in my area...or something else.

Photography is my dearest hobby and passion...and I hope to keep it that way. If I try to make a living out of it, I'll either die starving or lose interest. :)

[Big Mike]

Hey 'Big Mike', we move a lot of containers for Weatherford, and some of them go to Canada...
I love what I do, but I'm seriously looking into moving out of the country soon...look for a better opportunity in my area...or something else.
Well, there is a serious labour shortage up here in Alberta...plenty of jobs all around.

[jeeperz]

Homeless guy panhandling at McDonald's.

Not really. Clinical Psychologist. Not the Piled Higher and Deeper kind, the MS kind.

I work mostly with vets who suffer from PTSD. On weekends I crash weddings and take pictures and try to sell them to the guests. :lol:

[grego]

I'd be interested to hear - out of those who have a full-time job besides their photography business - what they do for a living.

Me, well, I'm a full-time student. I'm hoping to get into either marketing or teaching high school.

That is, of course, unless my master plan of becoming a full-time photographer don't work out! Either way, I obviously plan on continuing photography.

I'm in marketing/'market research, full time as of July. :) Lot of cute girls at my work place. Maybe future models?

[Jonny]

I'm 'the cable guy'. I look after digital TV/Broadband and telephone systems. I hate it

[blueaerodynamique]

Wow this is facinating! I work with people with disailities helping them into work.

[italianfemmy]

Okay, ya'll all have fabulous jobs and seems like lots of money.

Donations will be accepted M-Sunday from 12 Am - 11:59 PM to fund the 5D on my wishlist. :-)

[th3r0m]

Broadcast Operations Technician for a medium sized communications company...I am actually at work right now, but things are slow.

Femmy, I would donate to your 5D fund, but alas, I am married and have very little control over what I do with my wife's money ;)(and it would cut into my own 5D fund..unless you donate an >= amount to me :p)

[italianfemmy]

Sure we could work something out ;-)

[Wazza]

Earlier this year was a team leader, in a large finance company, managing 17 staff.

I recently quit, now unemployed, and holidaying in the sun, at Phi Phi, Thailand. Ah the good life. ;)

[sapearl]

Naaahhh.... sorry about that but things like mortgages, kids and their college tuition and home maintenance don't make that very likely :rolleyes: ...... That's why a lot of us have two jobs :cry: .

Okay, ya'll all have fabulous jobs and seems like lots of money.

Donations will be accepted M-Sunday from 12 Am - 11:59 PM to fund the 5D on my wishlist. :-)

[gheesom]

I work for a Credit Union as the Treasurer, so I get to prepare the accounts, and sort account querries.
I also do the same for a local nursery, well I'm not the treasurer there though I just get to do the work,
I am the lead singer in a band
I am just starting to get the photography business off the ground
Most importantly I am a dad and a husband, my spare time is spent with my son and wife.

[sapearl]

Oh, and I forgot about those pesky health insurance premiums and deductibles; can't go without that sort of thing in this day and age. Those will put a dent in any discretionary income.

Naaahhh.... sorry about that but things like mortgages, kids and their college tuition and home maintenance don't make that very likely :rolleyes: ...... That's why a lot of us have two jobs :cry: .

[Coastwatch203]

Im a helicopter pilot & fly Super Puma helicopters out to offshore oil rigs in the Timor sea off the Australian north coast. I work on a 2 weeks on, and then 2 weeks off roster, which gives me lots of time to persue my pashion for photography. Id love to one day be in the situation where i could "swap" professions, - maybe one day in the future, but without the pilot pay I couldnt afford the nice "glass" !!! Cheers all,. and nice to hear what we all do to "earn a crust"!

[arikajordan]

I have what should be considered the most valuable job there is...I teach. I teach 800 children technology, ages ranging from 6 to 11 AND they know more technology than most teachers!

[CatchingUp]

Ah...another teacher on board. Welcome Arika. Fellow Texas teacher here. And you are correct on the kids knowing more technology than many of their teachers. ;-)

[JonMoss]

Marketing is my main game ;-) Specialise in web marketing, branding, direct marketing, although my main experience is in the healthcare market.

[deltroid]

Well, there is a serious labour shortage up here in Alberta...plenty of jobs all around.

Hey, got any contacts to whom I can send a resumé? ;)
Canada is actually on my list of possible countries I would like to go to...

Well, you never know...

[gheesom]

I would love to live in Canada, not sure about photography, as I would probably live in the Ontario area, I don't fancy having to compete with Jeff, he's far too good.

[kickmaster]

Martial arts master instructor with schools in San Diego, Jamaica, and Barbados. All wonderful photography sites!!

[sapearl]

Bravo - I agree with you there..... my father was one of those for 35 years in the public system. They don't pay them enough.

I have what should be considered the most valuable job there is...I teach. I teach 800 children technology, ages ranging from 6 to 11 AND they know more technology than most teachers!

[Toogy]

I would love to live in Canada, not sure about photography, as I would probably live in the Ontario area, I don't fancy having to compete with Jeff, he's far too good.

Ontario is pretty big, I'm sure you would do fine!!

[esannicolas1953]

Full Time as a Supervisor (Federal Worker) for a Regional Emergency Dispatch Center E911 in Naval Base Guam, Pacific. Eligible to retire next July 2008, still deciding to stay or not. I do Wedding on weekend only, so far completed 8 wedding this year.

[Wedding Shooter]

State Manager for an International Manufacturer/Wedding Photographer. Two full time jobs :)

[alee74]

Another one in the education field! I'm a full-time grad student studying school counseling & psychology + doing 25-30 weddings per year. When I finally graduate, I'd like to focus more on portraits and do maybe 10 weddings (mostly in the summer when school is out).

[xmacvicar]

I am a digital artist/retoucher at Ratchford Photographic Studios here on the east coast of Canada www.ratchfordphotographic.com

As well, I do my own photography (portraits and weddings) on the side. I am going to be a dad at the end of August! :)

[Balliolman]

... not what I would prefer it to be ...

[sixsixfour]

Software Technician

[kobus2]

Logistics manager for a forestry company in South Africa - been doing weddings part time for 1 year now.

[CarstenRasmussen.dk]

hmmm Im an Infrastructure Architect, the IT kind.. In Denmark...
Been doing that stuff since i was 15...

Actually started taking pictures before that, i was around 10 years.

Doing the wedding thingie all summer, and shooting commercial protraits, models, landscape rest of the year.

Im not planning to make my weddingshots my primary income, cause I like my other work quite much.

But I do love taking weddings...

[per aspera]

Medical student. Year-round. I'm a wedding videographer trying to get into wedding photography second-shooting.

[RohrC]

Hi! I am a fellow fulltime student ... and am looking for a way to combine photography and CS. Any suggestions as a fellow CS student?

It is nice to meet someone with similar interests ...

[nnorred]

I'm a webmaster and graphic designer for a community college. Just getting into the photography business.

[Fleurina]

I'm a graphic designer and webmaster too! I work for a gift packaging/stationery/paper products company.

And, I definintely consider my freelance work full-time! (Wish the income matched, haha!) Studio manager, album designer, and photo editor for a local photographer, sometimes 2nd shooter, and other various freelance web projects going on!

[CyberPet]

I do so many things, none is full time, all is part time (which sort of make it more than 100%). Graphic designer, book translator (computer related), writing articles on freelance basis (also computer related) and a wedding photographer.

[Phil V]

IT support for a UK government department (last 10 years). I actually trained as a tractor mechanic, but it's been nearly 20 years since I picked up a spanner in proximity to a tractor.
edit (not pushing the wedding photography at the mo, we are nursing a sick mum)

[Gujustud]

Full time I work for my Dad who runs his own CNC Machine shop. We primarily work manufacture aircraft ground tooling, but we also do other stuff as well.

I'm working at wedding photography since last year. I'm doing my first full paid job this year, and so far everything is going well.

My other main goal currently is getting myself ready to apply for the local police department. I've been a volunteer with them for over 2 yrs, and hopefully once I enter the application process, things works out (3% acceptance rate).

[0beone]

I.T Manager for a major printing company. Weddings and family portraits part time. Been photographing since about 12-13 always loved it and now nearing completion of a purpose built small studio.
Cheers from Aus.:)

[daclozer]

Internet sales manager for a BMW dealership, part time freelance photographer and part time student working on a degree in graphic design.. I have quadrupled my freelance photography from last year and am hoping to be able to quit the day job by next wedding season. I already have several weddings booked for 2008.

[Naturalist]

Automotive and Aerospace quality assurance for the past 29 years.

Certified Six Sigma Process Black Belt having experience in various levels of QA inspection, calibration, auditing, engineering, and management.

[Robert16]

I'm a high school Art teacher. Did a BA hons in fine art photography a few years ago but learning more from you guys.

[tlamb]

Wow! As a newbie to this forum I have just read every entry in this thread. Absolutely fascinating. I own and operate Sunshine Metal Works, Inc., a metal roofing general contractor in Alabama. (http://www.sunshinemetalworks.com/ if you need a new roof) Host the website http://www.allaboutmetalroofs.com/ and do commercial photo work in the construction industry. I also freelance for construction magazines. Below is one of my pics that will grace the August 2007 cover of Metal Roofing Magazine. I also did that job and can be seen on my allabout..... web site. I am just branching out into wedding photography hoping to have a full time second career when it is time for me to give up roofing. Thanks for all the entries.

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=189396&stc=1&d=1184512706

I appreciate all the input from everyone and value your opinions.

[forkball]

I'm a male exotic dancer on the weekends... and I drive a honey wagon during the week. Honey wagon is the truck they use to pump out septic tanks. lol.

No, not really. I'm a Software Test Engineer. There's more to it than that but that's what my title is

[bcap]

I'm a male exotic dancer on the weekends... and I drive a honey wagon during the week. Honey wagon is the truck they use to pump out septic tanks. lol.

No, not really. I'm a Software Test Engineer. There's more to it than that but that's what my title is

I actually thought you were serious at first.

Funny story - when I was a kid, I was out catching frogs with my Mom and my Brother at a pond. This big truck drove by with "honey wagon" written on the side. Me, having a crazy sweet tooth, started chasing it. When my mom asked what I was doing I said I wanted some honey. She explained what the "Honey Wagon" was and, damn, to this day, I'm happy I didn't go and try and get a "Free Sample" ... LOL

[s8langwo]

I transfer chemical reactions from a laboratory scale to the production scale in the pharmaceutical industry (CHEG).

[stevefossimages]

Former newspaper reporter, page designer, photographer and editor for nearly 15 years. Quit my newspaper career earlier this summer for full-time photography, after doing it part time for four years.

[forkball]

I actually thought you were serious at first.

Funny story - when I was a kid, I was out catching frogs with my Mom and my Brother at a pond. This big truck drove by with "honey wagon" written on the side. Me, having a crazy sweet tooth, started chasing it. When my mom asked what I was doing I said I wanted some honey. She explained what the "Honey Wagon" was and, damn, to this day, I'm happy I didn't go and try and get a "Free Sample" ... LOL

HAHA... oh man. That story is funny. And, if I were an exotic dancer, I'd go broke because I'd have to PAY out to get anyone to watch me. lol. Well they do have those guys they hire for a GAG stripper... I could probably do that.

[cdjr4@cox.net]

I'm a microbiologist at a University Hospital. I love it, but I love photography more!

[iSpark]

I'm a Dental laboratory technician. You know, we make dentures and crowns and such. :)

[nursek]

I'm a full time Registered Nurse in Labor & Delivery. If you're having a baby, I can help! LOL...i'm just getting started in wedding photography...i enjoy engagement sessions far better because it's so much more relaxed and casual :) A lot of my coworkers are getting married or having babies. It's giving me a chance to do maternity sessions, e-sessions, and the occasional wedding!

Cathy

[FlyingPhotog]

Freelance Television Sports Production Technician.

My world:

http://www.pbase.com/flyingphotog/scenes_from_the_road

[amethyst dragon]

Veterinary technician and/or manager. Photography is a new hobby for me, and my husband is pissed because I spend all our extra money on camera stuff....not that I have enough!!! yet....

[jlrichmond76]

Here's a change...
I'm a State Police Detective. How's that for a change of pace?

[amironsi]

i am a Procurement Engineer in the biggest cement factory in the middle east and the world.

[Lord_Malone]

Full Time Soldier

[mkfotos]

Overtime sysadmin for US Navy hospitals, part time student, part time photographer, part time consultant.



Lord_Malone, you're a full time soldier in MD? I did four months of AIT at APG.

[the_incubus]

im a full time hedonist.

[joshbehan]

i bartend, wait tables, and take pictures. hoping to eliminate the first two sooner than later. i also have a degree in sociology, and art, which don't do much for me at the moment.

[JJacula]

Can I update mine? I'm now a full-time photographer and web designer.

And I still stay at home with my daughter. I'm lucky like that.

[meatbag]

Graphic Designer for an ad company here in seville. I´m technically in the 3-D department which i guess puts me in interior design of sorts. all my projects recently have been designing kiosks and store interiors.

[Oneslowz28]

Up until June I was a general contractor Specializing in residential construction. My grandfather owned the company until 2004 when he passed away. I was left 52% of the company in his will and my uncle was left 48%. Neither of us had a general contractors licence so I bit the bullet and got mine. Now my uncle runs the company. I over see the business end and he deals with the day to day hard labor end.

I have been shooting since 2003 and have been shooting senior portraits, sports and weddings since 05. In June I decided to go at it full time and my new freshly built studio should open mid January/ early February.

I went to UGA for 2 years and transferred to USC Aiken after my grandfather died. I finished up my degree in business management and my associates in engineering graphics technology (certified draftsman/ cad op).

The construction company pays the bills and buys my toys. The photography business builds up my IRA

[locky]

Im in Prison.......only 8 hours a day though.

[sinister]

I'm a graphic designer/artworker/printer/dogsbody

[a521]

Another Police Officer here, city cop though. I have my 3rd wedding next week and hope to do more in the future.

[sinister]

Another Police Officer here, city cop though. I have my 3rd wedding next week and hope to do more in the future.

Isn't that bigamy?;):D I can just about cope with one spouse!

[Patches]

I am a ship yard Electrician in south Louisiana. I have been taking Wedding photos on the side.I know absolutely nothing about how to set up the camera or lighting . I just piont at what I like and snap. Camera in auto does the rest.

[stoph]

I install and maintain business telephone systems and design and install voice/data cabling systems like this:

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=393588

[arch1tect]

I work as a datacenter technician for one of the larger pharmaceutical companies. It's a great job that gives me 3 days off a week and has awesome benefits. I also go to school part-time and am a licensed Sportfishing Boat Captain.

[trantz]

full-time video + commercial producer

[SingingSabre]

Full time therapeutic massage therapist.

[JimAskew]

Full Time Soldier

And we thank you for your service to our great country!

[notapro]

almost full time legal assistant (leaving at 2 one day a week lets me feel I've kept my soul)
Small business PR consultant (self-employed)
run the "office" of mine and my husband's business
mom

[trantz]

mom

probably the busiest job you have! lol

[PixelChick78]

Insurance Broker (home and auto)

[Solaria]

I don't work "full time" but my day job is web development and design for a great little company here locally.

I work my own hours, I work from home (no commute), health benefits, etc..etc.. It's a pretty good arrangement, gives me plenty of room to persue other endeavours (like photography)

[verty]

im a graphic designer.....
photographer on the weekend :D

[cyber_m0nkey]

Asia Pacific, Regional IT Director

[R_Metzel]

I work construction during the day, full time college student at night (Sociology, Psychology double major), and shoot portraits and weddings on the weekends. On top of that I am planing a wedding ( to be married may 25, 2008). Between school, work and photography I average about 90 hours a week.

[ldibo]

Full time Office Manager in a SIPS manufacturing plant
Mom to 2 kids
and I run my own taxi service (or so it seems with all the kids extra curricular activites :D)

[ktgiggle]

Oracle database administrator. Photography is not my profession ... just an expensive hobby ;)

Oh I forgot ... a Mom of 2 small kids (8 & 5) LOL

[Jwreich]

I'm a full time wedding photographer and studio owner... I have the best job in the world! I get married every weekend with the best couples in Tulsa.