| How to Become a Photographer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Background of Photography | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Photography is one of the newest and most popular mediums of art in the world today. The first photograph was developed in 1839 by inventor Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre. This was an incredible break through in the way that the people percieved the world. After the photograph was created, society believed that a picture could not lie. Major documentations were made by using the camera. In America, tales of the wild west were found to be outrageous and some easterners had trouble truly believing what they heard about the great fronteir. However, once the camera was produced, photographers packed up their equipment and headed west to record the truth. Throughout the past 160 years since the camera and photograph were created, people have been searching for their place in the world of photography. There are many different methods to becoming aproffesional Photographer today. To learn more about the different types of photography click on Background of Photography. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Going To College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Assuming that a person earned their highschool diploma, he or she could apply to college to study photography. There are four different degrees that are offered: a photography diploma, an Associate of Fine Arts, a Bachelor of Fine Arts, or a Master of Fine Arts. The difference between these degrees is major when it comes to money and job hunting and minor when it comes to talent. A person can become a professional photographer without having any degree. A degree would give a photographer more grounds to demand pay increases and hold more prestigious jobs. When studying photography in college, not only does the student learn about photography but they must also learn the elements of art. The photography curriculum at most colleges and universities inludes classes such as drawing, color theory, sculpting, and painting. Not only does the student learn to become a photographer, they also learn to become an artist. The following schools are located in the Mid-Atlantic region (Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Virginia) and offer photography degrees. The following Career Schools are occupational schools that a person sould go to learn only photography. The degree offered to students is a photography diploma. Antonelli Institute, PA phone (800) 722 7871 Oakbridge Academy of Arts, PA phone (412)335 5336 To learn more about what schools offer photgraphy and how it is taught, click on Going to College. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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If a person decided to go straight to work, there are countless paths that they might take. First, however, they will want to creat a portfolio. A portfolio should include pieces that demonstrate that the photographer understands the elements of art. The elements of art are balance, proportioin, rhythm, and perspective. Balance is the weight that the viewer puts on eahc part of the picture; it is the amount of attention that is devoted to size, color, location, intricacy. A number of photographic works are assymetically balanced. Proportion is the "ration between a line divided in two parts" When patterns flow throughout the picture it is considered rhythm. Similar objects are repeated at certain intervals. Perspective is the idea that objects shrink with distance and paralell lines intersect; this gives the photo a sense of depth. In addition to including these pieces, the portfolio should also include items pertaining to one's area of interest. For example, someone that is interested in photojournalism for sports should have photographs from sporting events in their portfolio; field of interest and portofolio contents should coincide. | To learn more about the different jobs that are available to photographers click on Going to Work.
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