I was a photography major in college.
geography minor.
(graduated 1992 SUNY New Paltz)
I did the geography minor because I wanted to study aerial photography and cartography...I was more interested in the scientific side of photography than the artistic side, and graduating with ONLY a photography degree wouldnt have made me able to be much more than a wedding photographer..
I wanted SCIENCE too!
actually, if I knew then what I know now, I would have gone to college for Enginnering instead! but im still happy with the way things have turned out..
my first 5 years out of college were spent working at minilabs and small photogrphy stores.
(MotoPhoto)
I also taught a college photography class for 2 semesters, at Corning Community College,
and I worked in a few pro printing labs, mostly custom-printing wedding photos.
10 years ago I got a job at Eastman Kodak, and im still there today.
Im an Image Scientist.
I work in R&D at Kodak.
My group works on digital printers and makes the imaging algorithms that power the Kodak "Perfect Touch" system.
(its basically automatic digital dodge & burn!)
http://www.kodak.com/eknec....th=1307
the little demo doesnt really do it justice..it can lighten shadows AND darken highlights at the same time..all automatically, in a fraction of a second..
its slick!
its a fun job!
Scot