Right now I'm in high school and hoping to become a photographer or a photojournalist. I'm not sure if this is the final career choice that I want to make because my family wants me to become a doctor or something. Anyway, Is it hard to become a photojournalist or photographer?
2007-01-01 05:52:54 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
Try with medical and scientific photography
http://www.net-art.it/photomonitor/html/teoria_tecnica/ripresa-tecniche/medicina-e.shtml
so your family will be happy too.
2007-01-01 06:54:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Take some advice from a guy 55 yo. Start looking at the beauty in the world through the lens of a camera... become a camera freak, taking pics of your friends and your life around you.
Don't be embaresed to carry a camera or two... you have to be in the right place at the right time with the right equipt. And the light has to be right... and the pose or the object or the layout or the composition off the shoot... Never just point and shoot unless it is an exercise in spontanaity.
Become a cameraman.... people will begin to ask you to take their pictures.... for trade to start, but later for money... more per hour than a Doctor and with less work and education.
But you have to have it in you... you must naturally see the beauty in all things... and have a fire to capture that moment to share with others.... not to hoard, but to share... and you will eventually do this through sales of prints. You always own the original and control all copyright to your art.
If you work as hard to be a successful photographer as it takes to become a Doc or Lawyer... you will be better off in the long run as a photographer.
Photjournalist have to deal with deadlines... they don't really have the time allotted to take a great photograph. Unless it tells the story and few words are needed to finish it.
Go to college and take art and photography... even if it is a community college to start. Want to be a photographer then learn about light.... and color.... and contrast.... and white balance... and Depth of field your friend or enemy...LOL..
Start now.... look at a magazine and every picture and imagine taking..each one... study how it is how the light is played in the image that make the differemce in great and mediocre.
This has become to deep, so I will stop...
You can be whatever you are willing to do...
Beaux.
PS: The novice hurries while the Master diliberates!
2007-01-01 08:35:46 · answer #2 · answered by beauxPatrick 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm always amazed at how many times I hear that sentence, "My family wants me to be a" Dr. or Lawyer, or anything else for that matter. Screw them, who is the one to actually do the job? It's you! Do what you want to do. I have always loved doing photography. However I just started getting paid for it in the past 15 years or so. When my son started playing high school football, they played the high school that I went to. (A long time ago.) I had all the camera gear already, telephoto lens and all that stuff. By the end of that game, I had almost every parent there asking me to shoot their kid also. Since then, I have shot a lot of weddings, sports, etc. I saw an ad in a photo magazine that changed my life. Learn Evidence photography, so I went to the different classes, plus any other class that I thought would help. I'm now self employed doing Legal video, and Forensic photography. I love it. In legal video, I mostly videotape depositions. It can be stressful at times. The photos you take could make, or break a case. So whatever you choose to be, give it 110% and I'm sure you will be happy with it. (By the way, I have spent well over $20,000. and I'm just warming up. Go for it and GOOD LUCK. P.S. The ad I saw was from a company on the east coast. It's E.P.I.C. Evidence photographers international council. I don't have their info. with me right now, but you should be able to find it on the web. Now, my goal in life is to videotape my ex mother in laws autopsy. (I have to see what made her the way she is.)
2007-01-03 15:11:59 · answer #3 · answered by johN p. aka-Hey you. 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's easy to become a photographer.......... all you need is a camera, and plenty of practise.
The hard part is becoming a professional at it and getting paid to do it.
Just practise taking photographs every chance you get, and post them for review @ somewhere like http://www.photographersworkshop.com to get some honest views from other snappers to find out if you're any good / getting better at it.
But would probably be best to start off studying first for a career that pays you sh*tloads of money first (e.g. Doctor / Lawyer, etc)....... and use them vast sums of money earned doing it to kit yourself out with decent photography gear / go on trips all over the place to get some more practise / pictures to sell on the side via a stock photography site......... then maybe look into making a career transfer as a Pro-photographer when you're older and made your money, got bored of whatever career you wind up doing.
2007-01-01 10:16:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I studied in college for three years as full time student and opened a studio, shot mostly commercial for advertising and some portraiture. Closed the studio after 5 yrs or so but still love photography and still have all the great equipment I aquired in that time. I think I enjoy photography more now that it's an avocation because I make a lot more money than I did when I had the studio and there are no financial pressures.
As most of these other folks said; if you love the art you will probably do well. Just keep shooting.
2007-01-02 17:12:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anyone who works hard, and reads all he/she can find on photography and works hard to develop skills and works hard to gain the needed experience can become a photographer. Many people today are going to universities and colleges to become very well educated photographers because they KNOW that they will have the edge over other also talented photographers... because they will have more technical knowledge and understanding of the newer technologies on the market now. You will reach the level of success that YOU are willing to fight for with all your skills, talents, strength, endurance, KNOWLEDGE and PASSION.
HOWEVER, achieving recognition is quite a different matter. How many people can become Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World? How many people can become as famous as Tom Cruise? There can only be one Elvis Presley, one James Brown, one Marilyn Monroe.... Only one Ansel Adams. But there are many boxers that achieve a certain degree of fame, many actors that make a good living (and also make millions of dollars). Many singers have successful careers for a few years... Cher, Madonna, Diana Ross, Tom Jones, Tom Petty... etc. Anyone can become a successful photographer... how successful a person becomes will depend on how hard and dedicated and how much PASSION that person has...
There are lots of extremely talented and knowledgeable photographers that are not working in the field because they cannot deal with the fierce competition to be on top of his/her field.
What do you want to do with your skills?
2007-01-01 09:35:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Someone is filling the world's quota of sucessful photographers. It might as well be you. It can be an expensive art to perfect. A lot of people don't just jump into fine art photography as a career - they take more commercial jobs that allow them to develop their skills as hobbyists first. For example, an archive photographer or at a small publication. It might seem boring but it's an awesome opportunity to explore the industry thoroughly. Finding your artistic niche alone will not allow you to live off your art. Find your commercial niche as well - who you know and where you show and how you get yourself out there. It takes time. Just for jollies, go to Craigslist or Monster and compare the number of job listings for photographers with the number of folks looking for work.
2016-03-14 00:18:35 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. but so is becoming a doctor! and if you really want to be a photographer and your heart is in it, it'll be easier. anything is hard and requires effort. but if you like it, you'll be more likely to devote time to it and if you're naturally inclined toward something, it won't be as hard as something else.
also, you can't please everyone. your family won't be stuck in a job they don't like, you will be- if you don't follow what you want. don't settle on someone else's dreams. also, your family wants what's best for you, but they don't really know what's best for you, only you know.
i would recommend maybe trying to get an internship with your local newspaper... not only will it look good later on, but it will give you some experience and re-affirm that this is the route you really want to go in. contact some art schools and talk to someone there, a lot of the schools keep contacts of people who graduated and they can give you advice on what hurdles they had to go through, what helped them, etc.
i went to Ringling School of art and design- good art school. they have a photography program there. www.rsad.edu
maybe contact the photo department, browse through the website, see some of the student work.
i always say, do what you want to do, you never want to end up regretting something.
talk to your guidance counselor at school, they can outline a lot of different options for you as well.
2007-01-02 13:07:02 · answer #8 · answered by eva 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not if it is the first thing you think about when you wake up and the last thing you think about before you fall asleep...then you are already a photographer in your heart and that's all that matters. Sure, you have to put food on the table but try to set realistic goals for yourself and forget about all the glamour and all the hype- Hollywood is all a load of crap anyway. Get a job working for a smalltown newspaper!
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2014-07-17 21:41:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not like being a doctor would be easier, but being sucessful in photography is very difficult. Its very competitive, but what's worse is that its very subjective as well.
2007-01-01 12:58:54 · answer #11 · answered by ♫ giD∑■η ♫ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋