Im Going through Online Degree.. any good photography schools?
2006-12-03 03:00:28 · 12 answers · asked by sarah n 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
You don't really need a degree in anything to become a photographer you just need some one to pay for your pictures. This is not an easy task. No one degree can poof, make you anything, college is not about that. If you are serious about photography, first do your own research and take some basic photography classes, talk to other professional photographers. Also you can not possible learn the fundamentals of photography on line, you need dark rooms, enlargers and cemicials and live people to curtce your work.
Please do not waste your money on on line photogherpy classes if you are serious take a class at a community college first and see if you like it. Then if you do find a college (and almost all do with an art department even big universities that cost less then on line college) with an art department and then get a BFA (baclors of fine art) with an emphasis on photography and the visual arts. DO NOT GO TO A TWO YEAR ART SCHOOL YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FALL BACK ON A ASSOCIATES IN PHOTOGRAPHY. GET A BACHELORS DEGREE.
In shor there is no quick and eassy way in to and arts realted field it really take passion and talent. The education helps with fundimentals and some connetions.
Higher education is not job traing it is about broder eduction. Visual arts is a very hard world to serve in an make a living. Most people with BFA are not nessiarly working in the field they majored in at all.
If you want a steady pay check as a photograper get a job taking kids pitures at the mall. I you want an education get a BFA.
2006-12-03 04:25:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-20 19:59:43 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with everything said here, but I'll add a few things. In order for you to make a living as a photographer you need to start with a good foundation. Look into getting into a college (it doesn't have to be an art school- some liberal arts schools have fantastic programs and some art school have horrible programs). Begin to look at famous photographers' works that you like, and find out where they went to school. Once you've done that, you need to have some real-world experience. You will NOT be big when you get out of school- any art program that promises that, run, don't walk away. Also, do this right now (don't wait until after you are done with school)- find a local photographer and shadow him/her. Follow him/her around for a couple days and see what their job actually is. Is it what you want to be doing? If not, you've just saved yourself some grief. Another thing you can do now, go get a job as a bottom-feeding photographer- I'm talking the pictures with santa/easter bunny and portrait studios at walmart. You don't need special training for that, and it will tell colleges/employers that you're interested enough in photography to start at the very bottom. Oh, and start a "sketchbook". If you don't already, take pictures everyday at different locations and different hours of the day, and save the best ones on your computer. You'll need them to present a portfolio for school/employment. The more pictures you have, the better your portfolio will be (not to mention you'll be really good with that camera!). Good luck!
2006-12-05 11:21:00 · answer #3 · answered by cookiesrme 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. I don't see how you'll achieve this online, be careful and do your research. Photography is more involved than just snapping a picture. You can start with a community college for the basics because it can be very expensive, but nowadays you have to learn computer science, too. We're in the digital age and there are numerous computer digital programs you'll have to learn to compete, not to mention processing, developing, printing, color theory, composition, cameras, lighting...it just goes on and on, but what a wonderful profession! Good luck!
2006-12-03 09:10:58 · answer #4 · answered by leslie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't do it online. go to an actual school. brooks and RIT are the best photography schools out there, but VERY expensive. brooks will teach you what you need to know about photography and the business side of it too. RIT i think is based more on fine art. just search online, do research on schools. find one that matches what you want to do. if you want a degree, get a bachelors.
2006-12-03 07:55:17 · answer #5 · answered by Alexis 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't see how it can possibly matter where and how you learn photography, when it is your pictures that speak for themselves.
If you take a good correspondence course like NYI, or you read alot of photography books, and practice, practice, practice, and if you have talent and a good eye, you should be able to take outstanding pictures in time, and if you are taking outstanding pictures, why in the world should anyone care about credentials, or degrees.
2006-12-05 20:09:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say check out The Art Institute at: http://www.artinstitute.edu They offer a good variety of photography majors. You can see if there is a campus in your area or they offer an online degree. Good luck!
-Michael
2006-12-03 09:16:46 · answer #7 · answered by out_of_exile 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Couldn't tell you. I'm a photographer, but self-taught. I've taken a total of 1 photography course, and that was basic photography in college.
2006-12-03 03:26:44 · answer #8 · answered by J-Dawn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-03-08 14:21:23 · answer #9 · answered by Stephen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually a BFA -- Bachelor of Fine Arts
2006-12-05 02:37:41 · answer #10 · answered by Sandy Kaye 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋