2008 Survey of Self-Employed Photographers, Illustrators or Graphic Designers.


Why you should respond to this survey

1 – In 2008, what was your gross self-employeed income from photography, illustration or graphic design?
(Do not include salaried income earned from working for an organization you do not wholly own. Do not include revenue that is not related to photography, illustration or graphic design.)
$

2 – What were your gross expenses related to the above income? (If you pay yourself a salary, do not include that as an expense. Your salary will be calculated as part of profit.)
$

3 – Are photography, illustration or graphic design your only sources of income, or do you supplement the revenue from these activities with income from other non-related sources?

4 - What was the approximate percent of the gross revenue figure you listed in question one that was earned from the following:

Stock photography licensing
Graphic Design or Illustration use licensing
Graphic Design or Illustration assignments
Corporate and corporate magazines assignments
Advertising and brochure assignments
Consumer editorial magazine assignments
Newspaper assignments
Architectural coverage
Event coverage
Weddings & consumer portraits
Footage
Other (such as teaching, workshops, tours, writing articles, etc.)
Sum of percentages must total 100

5 – What percentage of your Stock Photography revenue comes from the following methods of licensing: (definitions of these terms) 

RM
RR
RF
Subscription
Microstock
Other
Sum of percentages must total 100

6 – Association membership

ASMP
APA
SAA
EP
PPA
ASPP
AOP (UK)
Other
None
(Check more than one if applicable)

7 – In what state do you reside?

U.S. Residents - list two letter state designation
Non-US (list country)

8 - If you have part time assistants or employees please list one number that represents the sum total hours all employees worked during 2008 in activities related to the photography part of your business.
(Count full time workers as 2,000 hours. If you had two full time employees the number to be listed in the blank would be 4,000. Since many photographers used part-time assistants this is a way to assess the relative amount of support help necessary to achieve the above revenue figures. If your spouse works in the business either part-time or full-time include those hours. If you pay part-time assistants by the day count one day as 8 hours even if the assistant happened to be on duty more than 8 hours for one days pay. Do not include your own hours worked.)

9 - Did you respond to the 2007 survey that we distributed in the fall of 2008?