Portraiture work for sure.
Really?? How so out of curiosity?
I always found Portraiture to be the easiest, for me personally at least. In most cases you have time to carefully compose your shots, make adjustments to your model, time to move or adjust lights, etc. I keep my portrait sessions light, laid back and fun. I usually have their favorite music blasting in the studio while shooting and try to get them to let loose and have fun...when they're having a good time, im having a good time. Seniors, engagement sessions, family portraits...these are the fun, easy money in my experience.
The jobs that involve the most work, for me, have been social events(weddings, bar\bat mitzhavs, parties, etc). Running around like a chicken that has its head cut off for 8+ hours while hauling around a boat load of gear, while trying to make beautiful pictures out of a bunch of craziness is nothing short of frustrating and stressful sometimes. Add to that the hours or days spent in post processing, culling through and finalizing those thousands of images I took...wedding photography has been a butt kicker of mine! Its almost always a fun experience but the day after, im usually wiped out.
Sports...never done much outside of small shoots for local teams(little leagues, high school, etc) so ive always found that fun more often than not. Cant comment on high end, pro level sports though...my hats off to them though.
Landscape and Wildlife photography has always been therapeutic for me. I can spend days in the local mountains, streams, lakes and walk out with an amount of shutter actuations that I can count on my hands. I find it relaxing and a good way to blow off some steam after a tough week. Again, interesting to see that some claim this as the toughest field. I guess getting paid for it holds different meaning for those that shoot landscape and wildlife as a hobby. Speaking of, Bald Eagle season in our local mountains is rapidly approaching! Cant wait! :mrgreen: