What's your day job?

[AmberC]

I think most here do not do photography for profession? So what is your "day job"? What do you guys do for a living?

Me.. I am a stay at home mom for now. Two daughters. One will be 5 and the other will be 2. You would think that I would be able to get out more and get lots of photo's since I do not "work". But I do not. :cryin:

[Copy_Kot]

Up until a week ago I was an over the road truck driver... and loathed it! I had been saving some money for a while so I could find a different line of work. When we had all of our snow fall, I asked for a leave of absence... I guess I should stop taking so many pi ct ur es and look for a job before I have to go back to driving a truck

Being a stay at home mom isn't work? :lol:

[AmberC]

lol Paul.. that's why I put "work" in quotation marks ;)

Truck driver. You must have seen a lot of neat things on long drives huh? I love cross country drives. Or at least I did. When I was a kid and didn't have any worries. Just "along for the ride" lol

Well I think its good that your are taking advantage of your "time off" I hope you find a job that you enjoy!!

[Loupey]

Ahhh, big secret

Nobody here knows

[WsW-WYATT-EARP]

I don't have a "day" job ... I lurk in the shadows of the night .... I am what is called a "headerman" we run high speed machines that produce rivets, fasteners, and electrical contacts .. mostly automotive applications ... fun and challenging ... been doing it now for 16+ years ....

[WTP07]

I am a salesman for an industrial equipment manufacturer. I won't name them here, but it rhymes with 'Toyota'....

I have a fairly large (6 counties) sales territory, so it gives me the opportunity to stop and take pics at a variety of natural settings all over SW Ontario.

R.

Loupey: my guess: either Lead Animator for South Park or Chief Rigger for Cirque de Soliel?

[SmartWombat]

Full time IT geek.
Part time writer, used to do software development articles.

[Jaedon]

Loupey: my guess: either Lead Animator for South Park or Chief Rigger for Cirque de Soliel?

LOL - I guess he's a movie extra or an actor and that's why his avatar is from the back view so we don't find out that he's really George Clooney.

I drive a bus for the City of Toronto (Toronto Transit Commission) which is teh 2nd largest transportation system in North America.

[paulnj]

I am a professional crazy man and love the job :lol:

I am an arborist by trade(18 years worth), so I am outside in the elements working if there's light(rain, snow, 98 degrees....). Hard job by all means, but I love it...... usually. Oh and I get to drive a truck that I don't care if you're brave enough to cut me off(read cars are speed bumps).

I left the job for a few to be a grocery manager/ night crew chief, but inside work isn't my deal.

Loupey is a stunt double for cheech maron :lol:

[Loupey]

"Laugh it up, Fuzzball" - Han Solo, 1983

Quite entertaining and educational! Any other guesses?


LOL, WTP! No. But I do know someone who has it in with the Cirque du Soliel people. Hope to get some backstage photo opps when they come to town in a few months.

[paulnj]

I remember you saying you do modeling if my memory serves me correct.

Though I am a drug free person, being a paid stunt double for the king of weed smoking sounds fun to me

[AmberC]

LOL You guys are great! So Loupey.. if someone gets it, will you tell us?

Keep em coming guys! Very interesting to hear about what everyone does

[payn817]

I don't know if it's full time, but Loupey has done some modelling. There's a post here somwhere with one of the ads. He's holding some kind of rat!


I'm a photolab manager. Fun, fun, & more fun! Here's a few favorite questions:

"what's a megapixie?"
"So, this camera has 10MP that makes it the best right?"
"What kind of memory card is this?" (they are holding it in their hand)


My all time favorite sale:

Him:
"I want to shoot for national geographic, I was looking at this little Kodak, it has 8MP, so it should take great photos, right?"

Me:
"Well, what do you want to shoot?"

Him:
"you know, lions, bears, birds, the usual, will the 3x zoom be enough?"

Me:
"you bet!"

BTW... no I normally would not have told him it's the right choice, but there's more to the story, including his bad attitude, and presumtions he made.

[Photo-John]

It's classified.

[AmberC]

Ooooh classified Cant be anymore classified than my husbands job. Hes a nuclear engineer for the USN. There is a whole huge room on the ship that I am not even allowed to peek into. Very few civilian workers are even allowed in there.

You sure you cant tell us?

[Loupey]

Right on, PJ!

It's the dark mysterious ones that you have to worry about

Give it up! You'll never guess. Besides, I don't know if I'm liking the image you have of me

[payn817]

Give it up! You'll never guess.

I know I know!! If you look back through some of his posts you can find it.

[Old Timer]

For the past 10 years I have had an insurance agency. For the 25 before that I managed our family business which was an auto parts store. To prepare for these exciting careers I majored in broadcasting and journalism. Go figure.

[mjs1973]

I work in the digital imageing department for Lands' End. Right now I'm working mostly with spreadsheets, but hopefully I will be leaving excel behind, and doing more with Photoshop. This will be my 15th year with the company, but I have only worked in this dept. for about a year now.

[big baldo]

I am a general contractor. I mostly deal with commercial builds but I have been building a bunch of boat docks lately!:thumbsup:

[SmartWombat]

But I do know someone who has it in with the Cirque du Soliel people. Hope to get some backstage photo opps when they come to town in a few months.

Oh WOW !
Angie and I are both Cirque fans.
For her Birthday we're doing every Cirque show in Vegas.
Please, please, if you can, share those Cirque photos.

[EOSThree]

Airplane driver(OK pilot, if you are nervous about the term airplane driver)Night time freight dog flying a feeder for UPS right now. Soon to be working for the BLM again in my summer job.

[Bevb]

I run my own dog grooming business called "The Mutts Cuts" (mind how you say it) Lol!!
and train dogs to competitive obedience standard (one at Crufts in March), but would love to give that all up and do photography full time.

[Loupey]

Will do, SmartWombat. I think they come to town in (May?). Will post in Viewfinder Forum if I get my chance.

Hey, EOS - my oldest brother is a commercial pilot for a major carrier. They refer to themselves as "bus drivers" for flying Airbuses. Quite the stories you pilots have of your experiences

[OBie]

Oops, I missed this thread earlier. I work for a real estate agent and manage the website and marketing (with absolutely zero experience in either field). Part-time and a lot of fun.

Loupey is a kept man which leaves him with tons of free time to take great photos.

SmartWombat, I saw "O" in Vegas and LOVED it!! Couldn't afford to see all of the others. Saw Quidam! here at home and loved it as well. :thumbsup: