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Snapping a few pictures here and there is as natural as sending emails. Its a gas to capture the people and places around, especially if said people are off their gourds. Most of never get really serious about photography. For most of us, keeping it a hobby is good enough and if we crop off a head or can never figure out how to get rid of red-eye, so be it. Then there are the people who are absolute photography nuts. Im talking about people who pull their hair out if they use the wrong f-stop. Most of use dont even know what an F-stop is. For these obsessed, driven few, a career in photography is probably a good idea. At east theyll get out your air and criticizing your snaps.
Even as 35mm film photographers were claiming the end of photography with the invention of the digital camera, photography as a career still offers a lot of opportunities. Magazines, newspapers, news blogs, and even movie studios needs photographers. There are even CSI types jobs with law enforcements agencies. Or you can set up shop as a wedding photographer and get your fill of wedding cake every weekend.
No one moves up without an education. Unless they're super, super talented. The difference between a hobbies and a professional is the same all over: education. I mean, you could make a way as a photographer without a formal education, but youll have to work twice as hard and, well, be really, really talented. Otherwise, a good school will have the tools it takes to train you properly. Youve got to know F-stops from depth of field and youll even learn to manually develop film " can you imagine? Film! You may even get a crash curse in black and white photography! Amazing!
Enrolling in a few classes can help you get your feet wet. See what you like, see what kinds of cameras work best for you, and see what kind of shooting genre you like. I know there is no such thing as shooting genre but every photographer as a preference for what he or she likes to shoot and how its shot. Youll also learn the software that has managed to plant itself to the art. A picture is never just a picture anymore " now you have color corrections and touch-ups. Forget to light the session? No worries, kick up the contras in PhotoShop.
A good photography school will begin by teaching you the fundamentals of lighting, framing, and design. Youll even learn what all the buttons and knobs on your camera do. Point and shoot will seem like driving an automatic car. You will be reborn a total art kid photographer ready to snap the next cover of Rolling Stone. The good thing about some photo schools is that you can enroll online and get the new career ball rolling like today.
Even as 35mm film photographers were claiming the end of photography with the invention of the digital camera, photography as a career still offers a lot of opportunities. Magazines, newspapers, news blogs, and even movie studios needs photographers. There are even CSI types jobs with law enforcements agencies. Or you can set up shop as a wedding photographer and get your fill of wedding cake every weekend.
No one moves up without an education. Unless they're super, super talented. The difference between a hobbies and a professional is the same all over: education. I mean, you could make a way as a photographer without a formal education, but youll have to work twice as hard and, well, be really, really talented. Otherwise, a good school will have the tools it takes to train you properly. Youve got to know F-stops from depth of field and youll even learn to manually develop film " can you imagine? Film! You may even get a crash curse in black and white photography! Amazing!
Enrolling in a few classes can help you get your feet wet. See what you like, see what kinds of cameras work best for you, and see what kind of shooting genre you like. I know there is no such thing as shooting genre but every photographer as a preference for what he or she likes to shoot and how its shot. Youll also learn the software that has managed to plant itself to the art. A picture is never just a picture anymore " now you have color corrections and touch-ups. Forget to light the session? No worries, kick up the contras in PhotoShop.
A good photography school will begin by teaching you the fundamentals of lighting, framing, and design. Youll even learn what all the buttons and knobs on your camera do. Point and shoot will seem like driving an automatic car. You will be reborn a total art kid photographer ready to snap the next cover of Rolling Stone. The good thing about some photo schools is that you can enroll online and get the new career ball rolling like today.
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Whether it's digital or black and white photography you still need a samurai master to guide you through some of the rough spots. Unless you're really, really talented. And if you're really, really talented, you still might want to enroll to get as much information under your belt as possible.
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