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How do i become a photographer? and what exactly do they do besides the obvious? |
where would i go to get that training? would you recommend it? what do you actually do like take photos for a newspaper or take photos of people at there wedding? im not really sure but am curious about it do they make any money? do you have to go to college if anyone could help me out id greatly appreciate it thank you In photography you do not have to go to formal school and have a degree to be a photographer. Some will say you have to and they are the ones that went to college. And even if you go to college it does not guarantee you will get a job in this career field. There is nothing the matter with going to college to learn if that is how you want to learn photography. With that said you have to learn it somewhere. A. You can go to college and learn for the next 2-4 years. OR 1. You can start reading all kinds of books on this subject and also get information from the Internet to help you learn. This includes web based classes, manufactures web sites to personal blogs on the subject. 2. You can get yourself a job as a photographers assistant (be it payed or free) and learn from that person. 3. You can start shooting with your camera to get practice and from what you are learning from reading you will start doing and you will get better. Practice does make perfect. My suggestion is to find a part of photography that you would have an interest in and point in that direction. Example if you like sports lets say baseball that means you already know how the game is played and where the action might happen this means you will be prepared to adjust your camera for that exact moment and get the shot. I hope this helps but you have to take the first step in this career field which ever one you choose to do. PS. I never went to college and I have been doing photography for a long time. Hope that helps, Kevin Source(s): Professional Photographer Most community colleges and universities have classes. Get a class brochure and look at the courses offered. It's actually a very complicated business now because there has been a big transition to digital photography. You should learn how to become a digital photographer if you want to obtain work and you need to learn the computer programs that a professional would work with. After you get training (you can get it even at a community college, you'll have to look up where to attend depending on where you live etc.) you could start out doing wedding photography. that pays pretty well and you work for yourself. You could offer to do a couple weddings for free and then those become your references. You need a book as well. In the book you showcase your work. Photography is kind of hard to start out at because it costs so much money. The equiptment costs a lot. You'd really benefit if you went to a school with all the equiptment and you could rent it out. Then you could actually get started working some small jobs (wedding, etc) while borrowing the school's equiptment. You could then eventually buy your own equipment. The tops earn a lot. IN order to work at the top (fashion, news etc.) you need to be an apprentice-a photographer's assistant. In order to be a photographer's assistant you need a degree and also you need a small amount of experience. School is very important. Composition, exposure, development and printing of the film is only part of the equation. It is during this time you will purchase most of your basic camera gear and find out what area of photography you wish to pursue. When you finish school, I recommend you go to work for a successful pro that works in the field of photography that you have found you want to work. After about five years working with them, you will have learned a lot about the business end of things and have met a lot of people with whom you will eventually network when you do get out on your own. What we do; a short list: Editorial, photojournalism, scientific, industrial, medical, forensic, nature, wildlife, action, sports, wedding, portrait, event, glamour, art, technical, astronomy, underwater, aerial, architectural, high-risk, advertising, fashion, photomicrography ... and a lot more Editorial, sports and glamour photographer Essentially the various fields of photography can be divided into four main categories: fine-art, commercial, photojournalism and scientific. Each of these primary categories can then be broken into subcategories for instance commercial photography can include food photography, product photography, fashion photography and wedding photography. It helps to define a particular area of interest in photography because each field is so unique in its various protocols that you really can't make broad generalizations. For instance just because a crime scene photographer uses a camera doesn't mean he or she has the knowledge to inform you about all the little aspects of the food photography niche. The same can be said about commercial photography and photojournalism. In regards to higher education, a college diploma is much more crucial for a photo journalist than say a product photographer. So in terms of where to go for an education, for your undegraduate look you may want to look into going to a University instead of going to an art college. A good University will offer a wide variety of careers in the various fields of photography. There you can take classes in photo journalism, or fine art, or even commercial. As for specific universities, that depends on your budget and your willingness to relocate |
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