Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tristan: >I'm 30, and hate my current career path. I work in the tech.support field >and while it pays the bills, it sure steals some of my soul. My passion is >photography and more and more it seems like that's all I want to be >spending my time doing. Keep in mind that the pros you see here on the list are in the vast minority of all photo pros. For the most part, they're successful. Having the means to buy Leicas separates them from your average pro photographer. Somebody posted a link a while back (either here or on one of the newsgroups) that showed that in the US, the median salary for a professional photographer was $10/hr a couple years ago (1998, if I recall correctly). Less than 10% make more than $40k a year. Your average pro photographer isn't likely to support a family much above the poverty level in the US let alone buy more Leica equipment. The pros here are exceptional. Keep that in mind. Eric - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html