Re: [Leica] Seeking advice on photo career

[D Khong <dkhong@pacific.net.sg>]

At 08:37 PM 4/1/98 EST, you wrote:
>Dan K. wrote to Charlie:
>
><On second thought, maybe you might want to share with us what Nikon and
><Hasselblad equipment that you have and also the type of professional work
><that you are doing so that members of the LUG will be able to advise you
><appropriately.
>
>Dan,
>
>For my Nikon F3, I have: 28/2.8; 55/2.8 Micro Nikkor; 105/2.5; 28-85/2.8;
>80-200/4.0; 300/5.6 Heinz Kilfitt.
>
>For the Hasselblad 500 C/M: I have the 80mm/2.8 and the 150mm/4.0 Zeiss
>lenses.
>
>For the 4x5 Ikeda View Camera: I have 90mm/8.0 Schneider, 180mm , and the
>300/9.0 Nikkor.
>
>I backpack with the 4x5 to get scenic shots. I also use the 4x5 for photos of
>large, custom houses, mostly interiors, for the designer and builder for use
>at home shows to illustrate his architectural design skills. The tilts and
>swings on the view camera are absolutely essential for this kind of
>photography.
>
>I sometimes ski (on snow, this is high country) with the Hasselblad (in a
Zero
>Halliburton case) to get very special snow scenes. I also use the Hasselblad
>for weddings, and portraits of individuals and couples. I use the Nikon for
>family, especially grandchildren, photos -- both slides and prints, and for
>travel photos for my family.
>
>I use the M3 Leicas for those parts of weddings during which I don't want to
>disturb the ceremony. I asked a minister one time if he objected to my taking
>photos during the actual vows, because the families wanted photos taken then.
>He said, "No problem, as long as you don't get between me and the bride."
>
>I took the Nikon, with 28-85/2.8 and 55mm Micro Nikkor, with 35 rolls of
>Kodachrome 64 to Europe with my younger daughter in October and November.
This
>was a mistake. I should have taken my two M3s, too. I don't have a wide angle
>lens for the M3s, and Europe is very tight in many places. It's just
>impossible to get back far enough to take many of the scenes.
>
>My biggest interest in professional photography is portraits, weddings, and
>architectural photography.
>
>Dan and other LUGers, any other ideas for professional work that I might do
>with the equipment that I have?
>
>Charlie
>

How about product photography?  With the equipment that you have (plus
maybe a 16 and 32 tube for the 80 Planar) there is much potential to take
pics of small equipment, parts, food, facades, etc., which many companies
would pay to photograph for various purposes e.g. adverts, brochures,
pamphlets, literatures.  Since you are semi-retired, you can source out the
small companies which might find  high-flyers too expensive to give the
contract to.  Good luck!

Dan K.