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Yesterday my boss came along and dropped a 1Ds mk III on my desk in a big peli case, it's for my use as I'm now doing all the promo shots and other photo work for the company I work for. And to take pics out of the helicopter in a while, pictures of power lines mostly but the opportunity to have a bit of fun with it is there. I should be excited; I'm always excited about camera gear, but this time I'm not.

Weird. I guess there's something wrong with me.

I've been working in airborne photogrammetry and laser surveying for two years now, I'm seriously starting to wonder if being around photography as a 'science' has killed the interest in the artistic side.

Has anyone out there experienced anything like this before? if so, how did you shake yourself out of it?
 
So which full time professional photograher / photographic business has your employer kicked in to touch with this cost saving exercise ?

I ask because I have become aware of more and more business's no longer using a full time professional photographer for their photographic needs but instead, issuing some employee with a compact camera and asking them to take care of the companies photographic needs.
 
Arthur Bitter said:
So which full time professional photograher / photographic business has your employer kicked in to touch with this cost saving exercise ?

I ask because I have become aware of more and more business's no longer using a full time professional photographer for their photographic needs but instead, issuing some employee with a compact camera and asking them to take care of the companies photographic needs.
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:)

Funny, but also sad.

Is this AWP......................:naughty:
 
I could all ways handle... ' we don't like your stuff so we are going to use some one else " from companies I have undertaken work for. Their money, their choice. What I do find hard to stomach is when you make enquires as to why you haven't heard from them for a while only to be told ...' Brian in the mail room's got a camera....... "
 
Just Dave said:
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Andrew was right though, he didn`t always say it poetically ( something that could never be levelled at my door...........:D.......)

But he was right Dave.
 
Arthur Bitter said:
So which full time professional photograher / photographic business has your employer kicked in to touch with this cost saving exercise ?

I ask because I have become aware of more and more business's no longer using a full time professional photographer for their photographic needs but instead, issuing some employee with a compact camera and asking them to take care of the companies photographic needs.
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Well that's the first time I've heard a 1D Mk IIIs called a compact.
 
In this case it's clearly not a compact, but in so many case's I have come across, the ' office camera " has replaced the services of a trained, professional photographer with experience, public liability insurance and skills that a member of staff just does not have.
 
In this case I also read that the OP is involved in airborne photogrammetry for the company and I assumed that he was taking the pictures and his role was just expanding.
 
So - in an attempt to get the thread back onto track, after Bitter Arthurs derailment attempt, Can we try and answer the OP's question now people?

For myself, I have to say, that there have been times when work shooting has made me a little less fired up for photography as a whole. What I tried was to find a completely different kind of shooting to work on as a personal project. In my case, it was shooting landscapes, mainly on film - certainly completely different from what I'd been shooting for £££'s.
 
This month's photography monthly has a 30 day 30 challenge article which is quite good. Full of different things to try. Gets you out of a rut.

Perhaps you'd be more excited if they'd given you a nikon :) :exit:
 
Arthur Bitter said:
In this case it's clearly not a compact, but in so many case's I have come across, the ' office camera " has replaced the services of a trained, professional photographer with experience, public liability insurance and skills that a member of staff just does not have.
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And if they do a bad job, or cause an accident or any damage, the Professional will get a call next time. :shrug:

About the topic, I know the feeling, as I have been asked from time to time to take some publicity shots at work, and I don't enjoy it at all, and would rather not do it. It can be part of the give and take of the 'real life' working environment.

Enjoying photography is the main reason (lack of talent the other big reason) why I wouldn't even consider doing photography professionally. :shrug: I like to take pictures of what I want to take pictures of, not what I think can sell, or even worse, what I'm told to take pictures of. :shake: I think that is the main thing about being asked to take pictures in work, being told what to take pics of. It's not something I would choose to take pictures of given the choice. :shrug:

Saying that, if I got the opportunity to go up in a helicopter (never been in one), I'd be a bit more excited about that at least. ;) :lol:
 
Mike Jackson said:
In this case I also read that the OP is involved in airborne photogrammetry for the company and I assumed that he was taking the pictures and his role was just expanding.
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(note to self - don't start a thread right before heading off to a festival!)

Spot on, we ARE a Photography company. And a very advanced one at that. I'm just slowly moving from a desk based processing role to a capture role, which has been my plan for about two years now. It just feels like years behind a desk has killed all interest.

For a bit of background, I was a working pro before I decided to work here, but I haven't had much time for personal photography for a long while. After spending a few days thinking about it, maybe I just feel a little exploited. And I feel strangely uncomfortable putting my 'game face' on with people I work with, and taking photos of them.
 
I enjoy getting photos of people I work with. I find it easier because I know them better
 
Arthur Bitter said:
In this case it's clearly not a compact, but in so many case's I have come across, the ' office camera " has replaced the services of a trained, professional photographer with experience, public liability insurance and skills that a member of staff just does not have.
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Business models change as do Business needs and requirements, for all you know it could have been a case of the business not being able to afford the services of the full time pro or, afford him and lay off a member of their own staff, crap happens, we all have to adjust to tough economic times, i bet you would be the first in the queue if a service you currently pay the going rate for was offered at a cut price by someone else.

Have you never used

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TheBigYin said:
So - in an attempt to get the thread back onto track, after Bitter Arthurs derailment attempt, Can we try and answer the OP's question now people?

For myself, I have to say, that there have been times when work shooting has made me a little less fired up for photography as a whole. What I tried was to find a completely different kind of shooting to work on as a personal project. In my case, it was shooting landscapes, mainly on film - certainly completely different from what I'd been shooting for £££'s.
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when i had to be full time (when FMD temporarily put my day job on hold) i did find that i lost a degree of the enthusiasm i had for photography as a hobby or as a part timer

I found that the answer was to challenge myself to do something completely different from the day to day grind - like hire a model and try some studio stuff, get out and shoot some street candids, buy a macro lens and focus on the small world or whatever ... basically anything that doesnt resemble the 9-5
 
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