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How can I get a career in photography?

How can I get started to make Photography my career?

  • I would like to make photography my career how would I get started?

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    The questions I have for you to think about are: What is it you had in mind when you wrote that question? Do you want to offer wedding picture service? Or do you think you could be the one that takes the picture for the Vogue cover? Or is there another Anne Geddes in you (whereas she is so unique, you would have to have some different idea)? Or do you think about riding on a Hum-V with the troops into Bagdad or Falludjah? Do you take pictures of your family and friends at get togethers, or do you have the camera laying next to you in the passengers seat, ready to shoot? Film or Digital? Do you understand why people argue that question? What is ISO? Aperture? What happens when you increase/decrease one of the two? Can you answer questions in this forum? If you go to Books-A-Million or B&N, do you go to the Photography Section or do you grab a magazine about photography? Do you wonder how many pictures are taken of a Playmate? Or do you know? Do you have ideas in mind of a really unique photo-shot, that is so unique, you would not even tell your closest friend or relative about it until you have done it? Don't let my questions throw you off the path. Find an answer, a positive one. I view photography as an art form. But I think in almost no other art form are the boundaries so thin between layman with good equipment and sheer luck and the professional. If I paint a picture, you can tell I cannot paint. If I show you a picture I took, it is much more difficult to say if I am good or not. If I have a vision or not. If I can capture a spark or not. What I am trying to say: If you are a layman and try to go pro, the competition is broad and you may want to be an artist, but you need to take those portrait and wedding picture jobs with the same enthusiasm, or you may starve. Good luck in your endeavor.

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1st question: how many rolls of film do you shoot a week (or the digital equivalent thereof) right now? Professional photography is something you have to work at, it's not all fun and games. And taking pix when the client needs them is far different than shooting when you want. Learn to be disciplined in your shooting; give yourself a different assignment each week and shoot the heck out it (at least 100 images on 35mm/digital, adjust down for medium and large format). Try things that are outside what you normally shoot: If you shoot people, do a still life. If you shoot landscapes, do architecture. Rent equipment that you've not used before, and try it out to see how it changes your style. And find a photog whose style you like, and try and shoot like him. And be honest about your work. Even Stieglitz had his off days. :-) Assist for other photographers, even if it's for free at first. Learn how they handle their clients, what they provide for them. At best, only 1/2 of professional photography is taking pictures, there's a lot of business acumen involved. And learn what it takes to be a good assistant, because when the time comes for you to hire one, you need to know what to tell them. You can learn a lot in a good art school or college, but the best school in the world won't help you if you don't work hard at your career. Good luck!

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