Education, Schools, Degrees
Are you a student, college student, high school student or adult already
entered the workforce? Want to become a professional photographer and are
looking for a degree or training to become a photographer?
Several options are available to you for your curriculum photographer
Several options are available to you for your curriculum photographer
Become a
photographer, with or without a diploma ...
One fact is often overlooked by beginners:
Anyone can become a professional photographer, graduate or not. Talent and a huge motivation "enough."
Of course, this is always a plus to have studied to become a photographer ... CAP or any other degree is not a requirement if not qua non for becoming a photographer. Of course, this only applies if you already know how to make pictures that you master the technique, you are able to prove your skills as a photographer by your experience and work ... There are actually many, many specialties as a photographer, some demanding qualifications, others are not. Let's check these different business image.
The term "photographer" actually includes many different
realities, many trades and professions who may not have much to do with one
another! Your curriculum photographer may lead you to one of these trades.
• Art photographer
• provider Photographer
• Press Photographer
• Photo Lab Technician
• Finisher, econometrics controller calibrator-filtering ...
Shooting full is actually few jobs. The majority of professional photographers (about 90%) practicing in the laboratory, in different sectors: advertising, media, scientific photography, architecture ...
• Art photographer
• provider Photographer
• Press Photographer
• Photo Lab Technician
• Finisher, econometrics controller calibrator-filtering ...
Shooting full is actually few jobs. The majority of professional photographers (about 90%) practicing in the laboratory, in different sectors: advertising, media, scientific photography, architecture ...
Art
photographer
Creative and innovative, art photographer seeks to recreate the subjects he photographs (landscapes, models, dishes ...) original and artistic way. This is one of the sectors most prominent in the world of photography, but also a more complicated because some elected officials can actually live this activity. If Philip Plisson Yann Arthus-Bertrand and are doing very well (and even better than that ...), many still struggling at the end of the month and must necessarily have recourse to ancillary activities (web design, wedding photo, reports etc..) to live.
Note: Other trades photographer, presented below, are also generally, of course, call for an artistic sense ...
Photographer provider
Employed by a company (or more) or public services, the provider produces reports and other work shooting. The subjects are imposed here, and the creative aspect is slightly less present (although still very important). Depending on the terms of his contract, the provider photographer (sometimes called independent) performs a particular type of work, which may also affect the commercial field and relational.
Press photographer
The press photographer, also known photojournalist, working exclusively for news agencies and the media. It is usually a journalist by training, and has a press card (hard enough to get: press photography sometimes resembles an obstacle course ...). Photographs of "people" are those that relate more today in this business, but many alternatives exist (particularly among newspapers, the magazines, etc.)..
Employed by a company (or more) or public services, the provider produces reports and other work shooting. The subjects are imposed here, and the creative aspect is slightly less present (although still very important). Depending on the terms of his contract, the provider photographer (sometimes called independent) performs a particular type of work, which may also affect the commercial field and relational.
Press photographer
The press photographer, also known photojournalist, working exclusively for news agencies and the media. It is usually a journalist by training, and has a press card (hard enough to get: press photography sometimes resembles an obstacle course ...). Photographs of "people" are those that relate more today in this business, but many alternatives exist (particularly among newspapers, the magazines, etc.)..
hoto lab
technician
The photo lab technician performs processing tasks (developing, printing, finishing) pictures needed for the realization of photographic prints. He works on automatic machines, mainly digital, he must master the operation. That's why this job usually requires prior training (BTS CAP or type) and it is difficult to "improvise" in this area ...
Finisher, sensitometry controller calibrator-filtering ...
There are many other professions in the world of photography, it would be impossible to present exclusively in this folder. Examples:
• the job of retouching, which is to improve the negative reversal or more generally today's digital files to correct artifacts or to change the look of the photographs;
• the job of sensitometric controller, which is responsible for checking and trimming devices development and photo printing for optimum quality of work;
• the calibrator-screener, whose role is to determine the density corrections and color to make the events business (this business today tends to lose with the democratization of digital ...).
As you probably guessed, salaries vary greatly from "business" to another, from one sector to another laboratory, office, press, magazines ...
The average salary for photographers in France would, according to some studies, 17% higher than the minimum wage. If the lab technician earns around 1300 euros gross per month, the fashion photographer or landscape can reach for the top, much higher amounts (copyrights, advertising, etc..).
Keep in mind nonetheless that the salary is not usually the clincher (far from it) when you became a photographer. However, the quality of life is quite nice.
