Category: About life as a seafarer

Ashley H. (USA) asks, How do you move onto a ship??? I feel like it’s leaving for college all over again! I mean, clothing, personal items, equipment…how much are you allowed to bring and how do you decide? Just like any kind of travel. Remember, you’ll most likely have to fly so think about luggage restrictions. Then there’s limited cabin...

Ashley H. (USA) says, The info that I’ve found so far says that, for the most part, photogs work 6-7 days a week, 10+ hours. I’m not afraid of hard work … but what is your workload like? Do you have days off? Do you ever get a chance to get off the ship if you need to? I guess...

Oooh… I hate questions about money. 🙁 But okay, I’ll give you an answer.  The assumption here is that you’re new and starting from the bottom, which will most likely be the case, and that you’re having an average ship career.  With that in mind… The short answer would be:  somewhere from around 800 to a thousand U.S. dollars per...

Besides the obvious which is shooting or taking pictures, as a ship photographer, part of the job is to man the Photo Gallery and sell photography-related retail items like cameras and accessories in addition to selling photographs, help set up and break down studios, help set up or shut down the lab, help out in the Photo Lab like printing...

Interesting question. As far as I know, neither the company nor the agency (nor cruise lines) have spelled out any acceptable or unacceptable weight or body mass for their photographers or crew. What I can tell you is that cruise ship photographers come in different shapes and sizes – from the very petite to the giants.  I have not worked...