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.
David is an IT professional with over 26 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.
He lives in Charlotte NC, USA. 