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Career Research (PDP)

sophiebcowan

Updated: Mar 1, 2019

whilst I know I want a career in photography, I don't yet know what type of photography want to specialise in. I have therefore decided to do ongoing research throughout my HNC course into the different types of photography careers to try and find out what I want to do after finishing my photography course. I also think it will be useful to know as they I can start and look for relevant work experience and build a photography CV.


Careers that interest me and I want to look into:

  • Wedding photography

  • Fashion photography



Wedding photography:



What appeals to me about wedding photography is that I enjoy landscapes and like to be outdoors and wedding photography often involves this. I also like the fact that every shoot will be different rather than just going to do the same thing everyday.


Requirements:

  • Own equipment

  • Own transport

  • Good communication skills as will constantly be working with new people

  • Creativity, don't want all clients photos looking the same

  • Wedding portfolio

Things I need to do now if wanting a career in wedding photography:

  • Start saving and set aside money that I can use to buy equipment I will need

  • Develop communication skills, get better at approaching people I don't know to build confidence.

  • Look for work experience that I can complete over summer

  • Practice posing people in the studio in order to get more confidence in directing models.



Fashion Photography:

What I like about fashion photography is getting to work in both the studio and on location. I also like how it is very creative and this is something I want to have in my career, I want to be able to be creative as oppose to just taking head shots everyday. A further thing that appeal to me about fashion photography is that often fashion photographers can work for a company or magazine, II like the idea of this as when I finish my course, I don't want to be a freelance photographer straight away so something like being a photographer for a company would be ideal for me.


Requirements:

  • Good communication skills as will be working with stylists, models and assistants.

  • Digital skills as often fashion images are edited to give special effects so knowledge of light room and Photoshop is needed.

  • Creativity but also the ability to keep within the specifications of the client or company.

  • Be able to direct and position models so that the clothing is shown off.


Things I need to do now if I want a career in Fashion photography:

  • Practice posing people in the studio and look at fashion images for inspiration so that I am more confident in doing this.

  • Learn how to use Photoshop better, watch YouTube tutorials to learn how to gain certain effects on images.

  • Start practising small fashion shoots in the studio to work up towards building a fashion portfolio.

 
 
 

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