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With sports happening pretty much 365 days a year, and with increasing competition. Sometimes it can be hard to take a longer period off from work as a self-employed sports photographer.
And by time off I do mean that there is no checking of work emails or replying to clients or sending images from archives to clients.. so totally away from it all
So it got me wondering - how many days off per year do you take in a normal 12 month period?
Of course the 'standard' holiday on a full time job varies from country to another.. so four weeks might be norm in other countries, and somewhere it might be six weeks..
And how easy do you find it to take the time off - are you able to totally switch off, how do your clients react to you being unreachable .. and how long can you take in one stint without it affecting your work?
I know this really might only concern those of us who work fully for ourselves.. and not employed by an agency (if your agency pays you holidays pay!).
So - just a little fun poll to see what sort of average time off we sports photographers manage to take...
And by time off I do mean that there is no checking of work emails or replying to clients or sending images from archives to clients.. so totally away from it all
So it got me wondering - how many days off per year do you take in a normal 12 month period?
Of course the 'standard' holiday on a full time job varies from country to another.. so four weeks might be norm in other countries, and somewhere it might be six weeks..
And how easy do you find it to take the time off - are you able to totally switch off, how do your clients react to you being unreachable .. and how long can you take in one stint without it affecting your work?
I know this really might only concern those of us who work fully for ourselves.. and not employed by an agency (if your agency pays you holidays pay!).
So - just a little fun poll to see what sort of average time off we sports photographers manage to take...