Dennis Furey

I've been a wedding videographer for a while and am considering working freelance as a steadicam operator. I am wondering, however, about the typical work schedule of a steadicam op and travel requirements. I would like to have as much control of my hours as possible for another job and from what I have seen, it looks like the operator's schedule is pretty much full-time 9-5 (or even longer, in the instance of shows) once a gig is booked. Any thoughts on this?