Am I A Semi-Professional Photographer?

I just spent most of the last three work days doing photography. Our communications specialist wanted to improve the photo/phone directory for our department. So she asked me if I would do portraits of our staff. Of course I welcomed the opportunity. I’ve done a little bit of photography ‘on the clock’ in the past, but this is the most I’ve done at once for my employer. So does this make me a semi-professional photographer?

There are about 240 workdays per year. I spent three doing photography for a living. That’s one eightieth of my salary. Not a lot, but at least I can now partially justify some of my expenses on equipment. And it is good to put on the old resume.

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Author: David (81 Articles)

David is an IT professional with over 29 years of experience (he started his career as a teenager). He has programmed in more languages and on more types of computers (and similar devices) than he can remember, including TRS-80 Model I Level 2, Commodore Vic-20, C-64 and C-128, Industrial Process Controllers, CP/M machines, and Intel 80x86+ architectures. He currently uses Microsoft .NET Framework tools and SQL Server. When he's not geeking out, he studies the Martial Art, Aikido; engages in community volunteer work; writes fiction (as well as non-fiction blogs); and does home rennovation work and is an avid and aspiring photographer. He lives in Charlotte NC, USA.

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