How does a wedding photographer really spend all of their time?

So many people always say that it must be so much fun to take wedding pictures and just work on the weekends... I agree! It is a lot of fun celebrating love and the launch of 'your' future with you. I love it, otherwise I wouldn't spend so much time doing what I do. So, what is it that I spend all this time doing? Taking pictures is only a small portion of what goes into running my business. I would say that editing the photos takes the majority of my time! Then spending time marketing myself and services- using social networking and my blog! Josh is going insane because I spend almost every 'free' moment behind the computer anymore... Well, I found these results similar to how I manage my time as a photographer.
I certainly found this article very interesting and thought I'd share it with the world... This article was published with the International Society of Professional Wedding Photographers, written by Joe Milton, and posted on December 7th 2009.
Enjoy!


"The Secret Life of Wedding Photographers


Monday, December 7, 2009
Posted in Articles, written by Joe Milton.

What do Wedding Photographers Really Do?

It comes up a lot. Usually when I’m standing in the buffet line for dinner, or when there’s a slow time during the day when I’m not taking pictures.
“So you’re the photographer?”
“Yessir, I am, and I absolutely love it.”
“Well I don’t doubt it. You’re doing a great job out there. It must be great to work only one day a week!”

I hear similar stories from other wedding photographers. There seems to be a lot of misconceptions regarding what wedding photographers actually do all week. It’s perfectly understandable, after all, the only time most people see us working is at the wedding. So I thought it would be interesting to survey wedding photographers and discover what they really do besides take pictures every weekend. Hopefully it will help clear up some misconceptions and give some insight into what goes on behind the scenes after we leave the reception.

About 50 wedding photographers responded so it’s a fairly good sample size, and I’d be surprised if a larger response would yield a much different result.

The Perception

How some people think wedding photographers spend their time (and how some photographers WISHED they could spend their time):

The Reality

How wedding photographers REALLY spend their time:

We clearly spend more time in front of our computers than behind our cameras, which is a sign of these digital times."

Article borrowed from: http://www.ispwp.com/the-secret-life-of-wedding-photographers.html