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Wanting to go to photography school? |
I'm a single mom of 2. I'm 25. I don't recieve welfare & I work full time. I have finally decided to go to school for photography. I'm a photographer & manager for a studio (JCPenney) I have a great talent & I love what I do.. the school I want to go to is the New England School of Photography in Boston. It's a 2 yr cert. program & tutition is $17,000 yr. I have applied for federal grants & stafford loan. I have been approved for $11,000 in total. The problem is I still need to make up the difference + I still need supplies camera, film, paper, laptop etc... ($7,500) Plus a monthly T pass for the train @ $223. As a single mom I don't have this kind of money. I don't have the best credit as well and any kind of loan would need a co-signer. I don't have any family that can sign for me & I'm feeling that my dreams are starting to fall apart. I don't know what else I can do. If anyone has suggestions I will listen.... Thank you A degree always looks good on a resume when applying for jobs, but consider this. A lot of the really great photographers never went to photo school-- Ansel Adams, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Annie Leibowitz. They were self-taught. I am also primarily self-taught. I'm in some photo classes at my local junior college. It just so happens that they have a really good program and the state of Florida pays for most of my costs except for cameras and supplies of course. I considered for a long time whether taking classes would be worth my time or not. I've learned a lot, sure. But most of the basics I learned from reading and experimenting a whole lot. I started shooting weddings and portraits before I even went to school. I guess it depends on what you want to do as a photographer. You have to decide whether the investment of going to school is the best route to break into being a professional. I was reading an article in Photo District News about the "Top New Young Photographers" or something along those lines recently. Most of them graduated from an art or photography program, but they didn't really get their big breaks until they were in their late 20's to mid-30's. Think about your long term goals and decide which short term goals are necessary and feasible right now. This is all just my opinion, but I hope it helps. you can sell some your photo....and make money..just abad idea...just ignore Well. the only thing I can suggest is not to give up your dreams.. but save everything you can. And maybe wait to pursue this for another year. In that time save every penny you can. |
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