Forkie
Been spending a lot of time on here!
- Joined
- Feb 14, 2011
- Messages
- 2,292
- Reaction score
- 920
- Location
- Chiswick, London, UK
- Website
- www.ianforknall.com
- Can others edit my Photos
- Photos NOT OK to edit
If you have one that is!!
Are you self employed/Freelance with a client base, working for a single company on a freelance contract, on a single company's payroll? Or any other type of photography employment?
Now, I'm by no means a professional photographer, I'd barely have the guts to call myself an amateur yet, so I was really lucky to get my job as a Product Photographer.
I went for an interview for my company for an administration job, and in the interview we happened to get chatting about photography because they spotted it on my CV as an interest. I didn't get the job I went for, but about 6 weeks later they called me asked if I would like to work for them as a product photographer.
After some pay negotiations I said "yes", and was given the choice of going on a freelance contract or being put on their payroll.
I chose to go on their payroll, basically because I can't be bothered to sort out my own taxes and it gives me more security whilst I build up some experience for a couple of years before looking for a more adventurous job in the field.
It's not the most creative or exciting area of photography, but at least when someone asks me what I do, I can say "I'm photographer, don'tya know!".
How did you start your photography career and where are you now?
Are you self employed/Freelance with a client base, working for a single company on a freelance contract, on a single company's payroll? Or any other type of photography employment?
Now, I'm by no means a professional photographer, I'd barely have the guts to call myself an amateur yet, so I was really lucky to get my job as a Product Photographer.
I went for an interview for my company for an administration job, and in the interview we happened to get chatting about photography because they spotted it on my CV as an interest. I didn't get the job I went for, but about 6 weeks later they called me asked if I would like to work for them as a product photographer.
After some pay negotiations I said "yes", and was given the choice of going on a freelance contract or being put on their payroll.
I chose to go on their payroll, basically because I can't be bothered to sort out my own taxes and it gives me more security whilst I build up some experience for a couple of years before looking for a more adventurous job in the field.
It's not the most creative or exciting area of photography, but at least when someone asks me what I do, I can say "I'm photographer, don'tya know!".
How did you start your photography career and where are you now?