I am 22, currently working at a local Video, Photography, Marketing, and Design studio. www.airwind.com
Almost done with college, with a BA in Communication Technology
I have asked around at work, and people tell me I need an impressive portfolio...and I agree...any other suggestions?
2007-10-03 11:09:02 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
By being an established nature and travel photogapher with published work in recognized outlets.
National Geographic can aford to hire and contract the BEST of the best photogaphers in the world. They don't need to read resumes and peruse portfolios. If you ARE one of the best of the best, they will KNOW who you are.
Your course of action will to be to get your work in established nature and travel magazines, such as AAA's member publication, "VIA," or other, similar periodicals. Another route would be to work with such a photographer, to learn the tricks of the trade and, work your way up to become one of the "elite" class of photogaphers that National Geographic seeks. In other words, get out of the local market and establish yourself on the international scene.
2007-10-04 08:18:19 · answer #1 · answered by Vince M 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You need to work on assginment at plenty of other places, in photojournalistic settings, for at least a few year and be damn good.
Wedding photography and senior portrait portfolios would get laughed at... Big-city newspapers, large-circulation magazines and the like. New your times is nice, Arizona highways is good, for videography I don't think national geographic is as cream of the crop... Discovery channel does some good work.
What I have heard, is that many times they come to you, or that you get to a point in your carear when you can send the photo editor at National geographic a letter that says you are interested and he/she will already have some idea who you are.
I'm not by any means sure what the exact path to National geographic is, but they usually don't need to ask for references if you know what I mean.
2007-10-03 11:57:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't think thats true. My little brother is friends with a boy who's father is a photographer for National Geographic and they have a pretty nice house and stuff. There's no way he only makes 20,000 dollers a year.
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2016-04-21 21:27:19 · answer #4 · answered by leanora 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-02-09 22:36:40 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
at least 10 years experience of producing quality work, at that stage your past porfollios........they will ring you
most people who see a NG programme and own a camera dream of making images for them
so become one of the top photographers/videographers in the world then they will approach you
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2007-10-03 13:27:50 · answer #6 · answered by Antoni 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Rub a magic lamp.
2007-10-03 11:16:48 · answer #7 · answered by atomzer0 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋