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Photography with a Technical Background
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I’m also from an I.T. background, but haven’t converted to digital photography yet. I think FrankC is right in that Internet forums usually attract more technical minded people.
Yip I’m another IT nerd-type, AS400’s, RPG, CL, and now Java in the insurance industry, now mostly writting requirements docs and designs. How sad is that. Would love to get out of IT but it’s a cushie number and pays the bills. That said we have just bought a coffee shop (about 6 weeks ago) so that could be the first steps to getting out.
I got interested in photography as I see it as an outdoor activity and can mix it with my sporting interests and I suppose I like the technical side of it too...those whom you see on forums are mainly photographers with technical backgrounds as you said, I noticed that too. There are also a big lot of photographers with non-technical background who doesn’t spend much time on forums (despite they have a websites etc.).
I am not sure that majority of photographers come from technical background at all. But majority of photographers who spend loads of time in interenet, they probably do.
And I also noticed that very technical approach to photography is more common for people with technical background.I’ill buck the trend a bit here, my background is in the financial sector, and I’m not particulary technically minded. (bit of an understatement !).
Luckily my better half is a computer analyst / programmer specialising in GIS, but she doesn’t like to bring her work home, so its only in emergencies that she will assist.
While not taking away from the need to have an artists eye, and ability to relate to clients, (I don’t want to open the digital vs film ‘debate’ again) I certainly think that a technical background, in the current climate, must be a great asset to have.
Kevin
Yet another IT – Software Engineer here I am afraid. But then I am no pro, just a hobby ? someone who has some spare time and Internet access!! I guess it?s the gadget love than anything else, but once I started seeing what others are doing with their cameras, I want to try something like that, which is almost always not just the gadget?
Well i dont know where i would fit in,came from working in the dept of Agriculture to managing a division of a well known Childrens photography chain in Europe, personaly i find a lot of graphic designers pursuing photography full time now that the digital age has arrived!
Ben 8)KPM wrote:
I’ill buck the trend a bit here, my background is in the financial sector, and I’m not particulary technically minded. (bit of an understatement !).
Luckily my better half is a computer analyst / programmer specialising in GIS, but she doesn’t like to bring her work home, so its only in emergencies that she will assist.
While not taking away from the need to have an artists eye, and ability to relate to clients, (I don’t want to open the digital vs film ‘debate’ again) I certainly think that a technical background, in the current climate, must be a great asset to have.
Kevin
While there’s no doubt that having a technical background can be of use in this new world of ours, I’d trade my technical background for your financial background any day! It’s just so much more useful if you’re planning on making a career out of photography!
so is this where i throw in a sales pitch for caffeine tablets ? :lol:
Ali wrote:
so is this where i throw in a sales pitch for caffeine tablets ? :lol:
Only if you can order them online! ;-)
I’m from a Journalism background myself – well, when I say Journalism, I’m not talking radio, tv or newspapers. Magazines actually – specifically a computer magazine (anyone remember the Amiga? Thought not. Won’t go there then!)…
So, in summary, geek me up 8)
I think it has to do with computers > creatively-minded people > cannot avoid hearing about the likes of photoshop > increasing curiosity of photography > buying at least one digital camera > dreaming of breaking away from day job and making a living as a photographer.
In one way it could be seen as a means of escaping from an indoor, computer-centric life. In another, it means you get to spend more time with technology: Taking photos, editing, storing, printing… and joining a forum to discuss all of the above. A computer geek’s holy grail, surely!
:D
D.Techie here too .. still working in tech-land and hating it more every minute.. Have had a camera of one sort or another since I was about 10 so I’ve always been a bit of a shutterbug. Everyone in my family (including cousins) seems to have gone into either techie or art courses, so my artistic side seems to have come out in the photography with my mum’s family all sports mad.. my photography tends to be sports focused.
tatiana wrote:
And I also noticed that very technical approach to photography is more common for people with technical background.
Coming from an arty background, I definitly notice this in some tech based people.
(Stereotyping?…us? Never!)
davenewt wrote:
(anyone remember the Amiga? Thought not. Won’t go there then!)…
I have a 1200 and 3000 in the attic. I loved the Amiga, ImageFX and Photogenics. Dem were the days!
Have a technical background too. Took up taking pics at the age of 12 when I got a camera for christmas.
Does that mean that any kid who takes up photography as a hobby in there teens will end up in the IT sector as their job. :?
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