10/29/09

Commercial Photographer and Stress

Being a Commercial Photographer according to CNN's article is one of the jobs that is considered stressful and this is why...

Stressful jobs that pay badly

Median pay: $43,600
% who say their job is stressful: 100%

The job may sound glamorous, but commercial photographers, who capture models, merchandise and landscapes for books, advertisements and catalogs, have to contend with long days, picky personalities and demanding deadlines -- sometimes withstanding precarious positions just to get that perfect shot.

"One time I was doing a portrait of two guys who owned a construction company. The next thing I knew I was standing on this little catwalk under the Throgs Neck bridge [in New York City], dangling above the water because it gave me this great angle," said Gale Zucker, a photographer from Branford, Conn.

Link: http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2009/pf/0910/gallery.stressful_jobs/8.html

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