Answer:
Here a link to a web page that should give you lots of
information for your paper. http://www.pickphoto.com/Book/Chapt1.html
It only deals with stock photography, which accounts singularly for
a large percentage of the photo industry, this is the sector of the
photo business that I am involved with. You should be aware that
there are many different fields in photography. This is also
reflected in the various markets of stock photography as well as the
expertise of individual photographers.
Think of photography as you would the music industry, both have
artists - some are extremely successful while others fail. While
each artist is unique, they all fit into some category that
describes their work. A quality that is common between all of the
successful artists is that they are talented, driven and
self-motivated individuals. Their "work" doesn't seem like work to
them, it is just something that they have to do - they would
probably still do it even if they didn't get paid. Which brings me
to your question of the number of hours required; I "work"
practically every minute that I am not sleeping. It is impossible
for me to turn off my photographic vision, I am constantly looking
and observing at the world around me. I guess what I am trying to
tell you is that photography is not a 9 to 5 type of job, but then
on the other hand, I love it so it's not really like a job to
me.
Hope this gives you some
insight. |