What do you do when you're not taking photographs?

NDevon said:
It's not hard, it's just not fulfilling and can be very tiring when my younger lad decides he doesn't want to sleep for two days in a row and I also can't sleep. When I start walkin into furniture I start to wish I had a different life, but that make sure me feel guilty, so it's just frustrating. But hard - no, people work a lot harder than I do, at least I get to be at home with my family most of the time.

I can't easily get funding for what I want to do as there are so many restrictions, it won't be setup as a charity or anything complicated as I can't be bothered with the administration - done that for too long - and funding is hard enough to get if you are a registered charity with a team of people behind you. I'll just plug away at it and do it myself, I've been picking up equipment cheaply, @PaulButler has been giving me lots of support and tips as he says local to me and @Yardbent very generously sent me a really lovely tripod he was going to sell. I'm not good enough to kick it off yet anyway, I still have lots to learn about lighting!

Thanks for your kind wishes :)
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Maybe you could set up a Go Fund Me page??
 
I'm an operations team lead at a place we aren't allowed to mention [emoji23] also worked in training and health and safety and manage the reserve team of a evo stick league football team.
 
I'm a lampworker, no I don't make lamps, I melt glass using a high powered propane torch and an oxygen concentrator to further increase the heat. I make beads, cabuchons, pendants etc. I also enamel on copper. My husband and I had a man and dog (me being the dog ) cabinet making business/shop, so I can sand, strip, Polish and distress. He is now retired, and for the first time in 40 years we live in a house and not above the shop...hooray !!
 
I currently work as a staff training manager, but have a long career in IT support and before that I was a full time pro photographer, before that a tractor mechanic.

I like to photograph people... And rally cars, and that's about it really.

I spend too much time on forums and run a part time photography business.
 
I run my own business undertaking machine vision projects in the Industrial Automation Industry. I design and develop systems using industrial cameras, write the application software to analyse the images, and provide the result. Often I write software to process images and guide robots to their target, I've been doing it for 20+ years, and every project is different to the last.
 
I was a professional photographer in the Royal Navy for many years back in the days of film (and mainly B&W). I absolutely loved it and believed it was the best job in the Armed forces and they paid me too!! There were only 120 of us and it was a very difficult branch of the Navy to get into. You could not join the Navy as a photographer but had to serve a few years in another specialisation. I was a an electrical engineer for several years before being allowed to transfer to the Photographic branch, my parents thought I was mad giving up a trade to become a mere photographer!! We did a 6 month full time course at RAF Cosford learning on all types of cameras from 5x4 to 35mm although after training the main camera was the Hasselblad. After retiring from the RN I had a break from photography and recently returned to it, finding myself having to learn about digital and post processing. Some things in photography never change though especially the view that it is easy to get good pictures with "that" camera, It must drive wedding/portrait mad (or amuse them), control of people is everything and the camera is still only a tool, although a very nice and helpful one.
I am now into sport and landscape photography - neither of which were high on the list of requirements in my previous incarnation. As a retired person spending my kids inheritance I have very nice kit, plenty of time, no pressure to get the picture every time (if it doesn't work I can forget I was ever there)! Best of l have access to a wealth of knowledge and free help right here.

Wow - just reading this back before I post I realize what a good life I have - something has to go wrong soon!!
 
Im an IT Manager for a retailer, by day. Photography is a creative hobby for me - but it would be fantastic to make money from it, given the chance.

If I'm not taking photos - I'm usually doing something to the house though!
 
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I work for the computer company "ASUS"

I also started a company up about 6 months ago "Albob Motorsport" to do with cars and modified parts early days still

otherwise I'm in my friends music studio doing music and working on a live streaming / TV broadcast project we have going at the moment :)
 
I'm a production support engineer for a large aerospace company. I basically make changes to the design of our products to make them easier to manufacture and stop mistakes happening again. It's not something I love tbh, but I can't see many other options lol.

Outside of work and photography I have an old VW T4 van which I'm (slowly) converting to a camper.
 
I'm a manager for a local authority, and a part time vehicle detailer. In any spare time I have after that I teach people advanced driving techniques for the IAM.
 
Broken said:
I work for the computer company "ASUS"
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Hence the user name? ;) :p (I rather like their/your products, both my netbook and laptop are ASUSes.)

I'm early retired so spend my time as I/Mrs Nod please. Golf a few times per week and plenty of other outings when the weather's suitable.
 
Nod said:
Hence the user name? ;) :p (I rather like their/your products, both my netbook and laptop are ASUSes.)

I'm early retired so spend my time as I/Mrs Nod please. Golf a few times per week and plenty of other outings when the weather's suitable.
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yeah they do some awesome items (not just saying as i work here lol) GPU's tend to be in front of most competitors. we have the worlds first water cooled laptop which is an epic piece of equipment lol.

and my username well its an old nickname i need change it really lol as everything is BrokenWylde online for usernames lol but going to see if i can change it to my new photography username on instagram etc and have it the same here as i do FB and social media :)
 
bass_junkie83 said:
I am a Facade engineering consultant, as part of a much larger multi-disciplinary civil engineering firm. We assist architects in developing high end building envelopes to something that can actually be built rather than just looking pretty on paper.
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Aluminium ?

I work for the uk office of a Greek metals company.

Away from that, I was involved in several car forums quite heavily until last year when I took a step back. Now, I seem to drive up and down the country taking my eldest here and there and my youngest is getting into bmx racing so that will be the next time sapper.
 
Not a lot:D ime retired so i just take the wife to work and pick her up after work.
 
Customer Data Manager for our national account customers. Get to work from home in cheddleton in the lovely churnet valley on the north Staffordshire moorlands. 40ft from my bungalow looks across to Derbyshire and the roaches. I crunch data from our SAP system and mince it through data cubes into meaningful reports. Get a nice bmw company car as well so all told a decent job. I am completely self taught and seem to have one of those logical brains that can just look at any data and know how to crunch it or mix it in excel if required. More importantly how to present it to a high standard to our Customers.

I started work life as an engineering apprentice in a steelworks. So how you get from that to data crunching is a very long story. .....
 
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damianmkv said:
Aluminium ?

I work for the uk office of a Greek metals company.

Away from that, I was involved in several car forums quite heavily until last year when I took a step back. Now, I seem to drive up and down the country taking my eldest here and there and my youngest is getting into bmx racing so that will be the next time sapper.
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Yeah most of the curtain wall stuff is aluminium, but I work with pretty much all materials as curtain walling is just a small part of what we have to get involved with, especially with some of the more exotic architects.

I used to play with cars a lot too, but could never afford the insurance to run anything with a fruity engine so stuck with sound systems. Actually won the UK SQ championship for my class for two years and one year won the Eurasion championship. Now I have a child and a Vauxhall. :(
 
Group IT Manager for a creative media services company and an occasionally-paid bass player in a band (whence my forum name and avatar).

Once upon a time I did a degree in Architecture, which still engages my interest.
 
Applemuncher said:
When I'm not taking photos, I'm a senior Project Manager at a large construction consultancy, with a specialism in Maritime work.

...it all leads me to wonder- for those who don't make a living from photography, what do/did you do when you weren't taking photographs?
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I go for weeks or even months without having much time for photography. I gave up work about 6 years ago and since then I've been abroad and had an eventful love life :D but mostly I look after someone which can be pretty much 24/7. I can go for weeks without having time to disappear out by myself for the day or even for an hour but when I can I really enjoy going out for a long walk with a camera.

Alastair said:
Self-employed standards and compliance consultant - a mixture of general health and safety, environmental permitting, ISO and trade sector management systems, CE marking compliance, and pretty anything that involves finding the path of least resistance through frequently complex rules and regulations.
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Are you me? :D I worked in computer service and then in manufacturing where I did H&S, ISO 9001, CE and the like. I really like the product approval stuff and have dabbled since leaving full time paid employment but have recently decided not to accept any more work. Can't say I enjoyed ISO 9001 as it was a daily battle and I found auditing pretty much mind numbingly soul destroying. H&S is a farce and IMO far too much about avoiding being sued than genuine H&S.
 
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woof woof said:
ICan't say I enjoyed ISO 9001 as it was a daily battle and I found auditing pretty much mind numbingly soul destroying. H&S is a farce and IMO far too much about avoiding being sued than genuine H&S.
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ISO 9001 had improved a lot with the latest revision, but it's reputation still suffers from memories of the old guard consultants who used to inflict it like a time and motion study. Done the right way, it should now give efficiency improvements and boost the bottom line.

For H&S I avoid the corporate systems and stick to SMEs, so it's mostly proper H&S - although sometimes more reactive than I'd like.
 
Ex-library assistant, ex-auditor, ex-English teacher - now Citizens Advice:)!
 
Alastair said:
ISO 9001 had improved a lot with the latest revision, but it's reputation still suffers from memories of the old guard consultants who used to inflict it like a time and motion study. Done the right way, it should now give efficiency improvements and boost the bottom line.

For H&S I avoid the corporate systems and stick to SMEs, so it's mostly proper H&S - although sometimes more reactive than I'd like.
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ISO 9001 itself wasn't the problem, auduting day after day was... mind numbing... product approval was what I liked.
 
Applemuncher said:
Oooooohhhhhh :popcorn:
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I met a Kazakh lady who was living in Brugge at a train station in Darlington. That lead to a very long distance relationship but Kazakhstan is very photogenic :D Getting married next year and gf is from Chonburi in Thailand. Thailand is also photogenic :D
 
I work for Mercedes-Benz across all 4 of our sites wherever i'm needed which keeps it interesting, Other than that I've been playing drums for ~20 years but don't play all that much anymore as I have a tornado of a 16 month old daughter who keeps us very busy... the best kind of busy though :)
 
Wife and I are both retired.
My main hobby is beekeeping, but it's quiet in the winter.
I was into photography in the film days and then sold all my kit to fund my hives and other equipment.
I re-found the bug and bought an XE-2 with a couple of lenses. The autofocus (and some green smearing) drove me nuts
so I went back to Nikon.
We also have a camper van and zoom around (slowly) in that.

Not doing much of anything at the moment as we are staying with daughter who is unwell.
 
woof woof said:
I met a Kazakh lady who was living in Brugge at a train station in Darlington. That lead to a very long distance relationship but Kazakhstan is very photogenic :D Getting married next year and gf is from Chonburi in Thailand. Thailand is also photogenic :D
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Ha - I can see a trend forming...passport inspection before first date! :naughty:
 
Applemuncher said:
Ha - I can see a trend forming...passport inspection before first date! :naughty:
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I can't marry the girl who lives opposite as when I was little mam said I wasn't allowed to cross the road but she didn't say anything about globetrotting, so...
 
I work in a place you can't take a camera into, you don't want to see me in work as that means you are staying behind big grey walls as I come home
 
I work as a mechanic (technician as they like to call us now!) at the local VW dealer. When i'm not at work and not taking photo's for pleasure I tend to spend most of my spare time with my family, and do a bit of road cycling for fitness and also find its good to find new locations to photo.
 
Welder/fabricator for work, other hobbies I love gaming and vehicle detailing, and going out with the dog.
 
Welder/fabricator here too - Past 16 years or so generally & previous to that was doors/windows/curtain walling manufacture.

Main interest/hobby is the Mk1 Escort & the social car meet scene that goes with it [which links with photography too I guess..] plus the gym & time with the kids/other half out & about places.
 
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