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Photographer Survey Results

This survey was directed to stock photographers, both part-time
and full time.


The following results are tallied from 798 respondents.



Gender: Male: 71.3% Female: 25.3% Did not specify: 3.4%


Marital Status: Single: 20.6% Married: 46.4% Did not specify: 33%








Age: 18 or under: 7% 26-35 years old:16% 36-49 years old: 31%


50-65 years old: 28% Over 65 years old: 18%








Averages:


Age you began photographing: 18 years old


Days per year that you take pictures: 90 days per year


stock size: 10,595 photos


Money spent on equipment in last year: $2,785


Money spent on photo-related travel: $1388


Own a scanner:Yes: 82.5% No: 12.7% Did not specify: 4.8%


Own a CD-Burner: Yes: 70.4% No: 23.3% Did not specify: 6.3%


Own Picture-Editing Software: Yes: 85.4% No: 9.77% Did not specify: 4.83%


Own a Digital Camera: Yes: 40.7% No: 52.2% Did not specify: 7.1%


Published Photos Last Year:0 photos: 223 5 photos: 130 12 photos: 77








24 photos: 68 36 or more photos: 253 Did not specify: 47






Rolls of Film Used per Month: 1 roll: 513 rolls: 855
rolls: 166


10 rolls: 234 25 rolls or more: 197Did not specify: 47












Attended a photographic workshop in the last year:


Yes: 28.4% No: 66.2% Did not specify: 5.4%










Subscribe to:PhotoStockNotes: 19.4% PhotoAIM: 23.5% PhotoAimLite:
43.4%










Other publications read (listed in order of most to least):


Photo District News, PhotoSource Publications, Outdoor Photographer, Shutterbug,
Popular Photography, American Photographer


 






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