Career as a full time photographer in Australia?

[jeffde]

Hey Guys
I know a pro wedding photographer (not me) who does 28 weddings a year (don't get many in winter out here) which is about capacity at a minimum of $3500 a wedding which is $98K a yr + he does other jobs and he takes about 6 weeks off every winter.
So maybe it depends on who you are - where you are - how good you are -and how good you market yourself.
Re Stats
I read a survey once where they asked a goup of people if they thought surveys were an accurate refelction of peoples thoughts:
50% said yes
40% said no

and

10% said he didn't think 10 was enough to ask....

I'm always wary of "stats"

[farmer_rob]

...and how good you market yourself...

Really, that's the key - to Will (the OP) and to others: marketing of what you are selling. Those that market well will do OK. Those that don't won't. (I'm sure JM will disagree with me here if he's watching, but there's a fair argument about the quality of his marketing too.)

[campo]

Hey Guys
I know a pro wedding photographer (not me) who does 28 weddings a year (don't get many in winter out here) which is about capacity at a minimum of $3500 a wedding which is $98K a yr + he does other jobs and he takes about 6 weeks off every winter.
So maybe it depends on who you are - where you are - how good you are -and how good you market yourself.

bare in mind that out of that $3500 minimum, you need to take out things like GST, insurances, business expenses, products (eg prints/albums) etc etc...it's not as sweet as it seems.

If I was earning $100k per year from photography, I wouldn't be needing another job...