| Before we say anything too hastily, we should | | | | events. They normally take individual pictures, |
| first understand what I actually mean by this | | | | group pictures and often work in their own |
| statement. Often people simply pick up a camera | | | | studios. A lot of photographers specialize in taking |
| and take a snap, see the result and think - hey | | | | wedding pictures, religious ceremonies, or school |
| that was easy and fun. I think I'd like to do this | | | | pictures. |
| for a living. It might sound a little bazaar, but that | | | | Commercial and Industrial: Career information |
| often happens. Most come to a rude awakening | | | | about photography includes professionals who |
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| it is a competitive market where the work is | | | | This is a specialized field wherein a lot of money |
| often attractive to many people. The | | | | can be made. The pictures are used in a variety |
| photographer must have "a good eye", | | | | of media, including books, reports, advertisements, |
| imagination, and some creativity to do well in this | | | | and catalogs. The industrial photographer is usually |
| field. That's not all. Photographers love going into | | | | hired in advance and knows what his assignment |
| their own business. Accordingly, they must be able | | | | will be. He does not take pictures and try to find |
| to maintain a business and to take advantage of | | | | a buyer. The industrial photographer takes |
| opportunities provided by rapidly changing | | | | pictures of machinery, products, workers, and |
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| about photography you should first speak to one | | | | for a specific purpose. In the future these pictures |
| of your local photographers for information. You | | | | help engineer's analysis projects, publicity, or |
| can ask questions about the job market in your | | | | records of equipment development or |
| area and how much training was involved before | | | | deployment, such as placement of an offshore oil |
| he/she considered themselves ready. You'll find | | | | rig. |
| your local photographer will offer you insight that | | | | Field of Science: Career information about |
| will be helpful in most cases. | | | | photography is common in the field of science. |
| What as a photographer do you plan on | | | | The recording of scientific data and procedures is |
| achieving? Most would agree, the photographer is | | | | often done by a photographer. The field of |
| an artist, historian, and news event person. | | | | unusual phenomena or sometimes called ghost |
| Perhaps you had already planned on your career | | | | hunting uses special type of equipment and is |
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| other elements related to the work. A | | | | must have knowledge in one or more areas of |
| photographer produces and preserves images | | | | engineering, medicine, biology, or chemistry. |
| that paint a picture, tell a story, or record an | | | | Photojournalism: Photojournalists are people who |
| event. The successful photographer is required to | | | | take pictures of newsworthy people, places, and |
| have the ability to present a subject to achieve a | | | | sporting events. They are news photographers |
| particular effect while also selecting the | | | | who often cover political and community events |
| appropriate equipment. A good photographer may | | | | for newspapers, journals, magazines, or television. |
| enhance the subject's appearance with natural or | | | | Career information about photography would not |
| artificial light, shoot the subject from an interesting | | | | be complete unless I reminded you of working |
| angle, draw attention to a particular aspect of the | | | | conditions. The working conditions vary |
| subject by blurring the background, or perhaps | | | | considerably from one type of a job to another. |
| using different lenses to produce desired levels of | | | | For instance, photographers who work for the |
| detail at various distances. | | | | government and advertising studios usually work |
| This is just an example of some of the | | | | a 5-day, 40 hour week. News photographers |
| requirements that a good photographer should | | | | often work long, irregular hours and must be |
| possess. Career information about photography | | | | available on short notice. Some photographers |
| will vary according to what type of photography | | | | work part time or on variable schedules. |
| interests you. Underwater photography is | | | | One last thing - Career information about |
| becoming an exciting field of unexplored areas. | | | | photography should include the fact that a lot of |
| Other photographers specialize in areas such as | | | | photographers spend a small amount of time |
| portrait, commercial and industrial, scientific, news, | | | | actually taking pictures because they spend a lot |
| or fine arts photography. | | | | of time editing photographs on a computer and |
| Portrait Photographers: The one's we see most | | | | trying to find new business especially when they |
| often who usually come with those special family | | | | are self-employed. |