questions for the professional photographers

[Neil R.]

I agree with Andrew....it would sure be great to get first hand answers from
the professionals!
Cheers-
Kris


from emajor:
I was just wondering if any of the people from this newsgroup who work
as professional photographers could tell me a little bit about their
job.

What do you do? What's the thing that you like most about your job?

What's the thing you hate most about it?

What's involved in a typical day?

What else do you think I should know before I invest my time and
effort into this?

Also, what would your advice be to a person who has little
professional experience on how to actually go about getting a job in
this area? I don't really have the equipment or cash necessary to go
freelance by myself, so I guess I would have to become an assistant or
a trainee. Should I go out and do a course in this area? Work
experience??

Is there a good place that you know of that I could find out a bit
more about this? Sites, forums, etc?

[Audrey]

Do pros get their film a bit cheaper than us amateurs maybe due to the
volume they go through, or because they're a business entity??

Audrey