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im gothic i love photography and traveling and drawing and music. im 13/f im looking for a job to start trying or practicing whatever you call it. i need to over the summer its already summer. im not really sure what to do and where to go to find out about it and whats the skills needed and not even what its called. i know im young to start looking for a job like this but i can and will travel anywhere. i have the cameras and all needed. but i wana do something that has to do with both. my dad says to travel and take pictures of places or things in different countries for travel magazines or something but i really want to do it and i can. my dad will go with me to all different places because he travels for his work. whats it called and where do you go to start or get info on it.

It's called either freelance photography which means you're available for hire on a piece by piece basis, or a journalist/news photographer.

Travel magazine photography is still usually freelanced.

And you're too young to be legally HIRED for any job.

All you can do is go with your dad traveling and shoot, shoot, shoot, and build a portfolio.

Continue the porfolio to show future prospective employers that you aim to work for and freelance for later.

Freelance photographers can sell photos of anything that any mag is interested in.

Take all the photography classes you can, and study it, check out books at the library, study famous photographers you admire, and research it all online. Learn all you can if you are serious.

Absorb all you can at age 13 and by high school take classes, work for the high school newspaper and yearbook as the photographer, and continue from there.

Good luck!

P.S. ANSWER TO YOUR PRIVATE QUESTION: Check with your state for legal working age. Usually it's 16.

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