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15/f (16 This Year)
Everyday I literally spend hours trying to take great pictures. A typical photoshoot involves choosing a camera (usually my Nikon D40), choosing a model (usually my best friend), applying her makeup, arranging several different outfits for her, setting up lighting, taking hundreds of pictures, reviewing them on the computer, arranging them into folders, cropping them, editing them, retouching. After this I send them to her and we talk about what worked well and what to try next time. Sometimes I do this for myself, because (like most teenager girls) I like to put pictures of myself for my friends to see (myspace, etc).
I never realized how much effort I put into this, it doesn't even seem like work at all. Right now I do it for fun, but could I use this as a career? I am planning to get a degree in marketing and go from there. Right now I have a 4.0 GPA (straight A's - and have for the last few years) so I can basically do anything that interests me.
Does any of this hint to a suitable career path for me? I find advertising very interesting if that helps. I also love to be creative, indepdendant and to be a leader of a group. I am also interested in trying to promote positive messages (anything that makes a person more happy, confident, comfortable with who they are, etc).
Thanks, help is greatly appreciated! =)
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If you plan to be a professional photographer, then the marketing is a lost cause in this field. That's the modeling agency and agents jobs. Or your current bosses job. You take the pictures they tell you to take until you've earned your name and reputation years down the road. You might start out as a newspaper photographer, who knows? You should work while putting yourself through college.
Take the acacdemics-- arts and photography classes. Learn all you can about photography.
Learning the different cameras, lens, films, settings, shutter speeds, everything, not just the subject and lighting. Sometimes low-light gives depth to a photograph depending, and more light is needed for dark, misty graveyards. Fullmoons works well for lighting. Try one way, then change it to another and see which works best for the effect. Write it down.
And if human subjects are your faviorite, you will still have to master other sceneries and variables first.
Still lifes, landscapes, animals, people on the street incognito, sad people, loney people, crying people, happy people, couples ovbiviously in love caught in a moment, skyscrapers, interesting architechure like old churches, older graveyards, mix them up, flowers, fields, windmills, beauty, bizzare, macrabre, scary, eerie, sad, grief, (look at the Putlizer prixe 9-11 pictures)....Factories polluting our air, beautiful cars, unusual junker cars, hippie-day buses (if you find one)...celebraties if you have access, famous people, your major in incognito, teachers at school working, teachers lecturing, kids at school gossiping, football games, cheerleaders, school newspaper worthy pics, etc.
You can not limit yourself to one subject all the time or you will be out of your element. Besides, you might find another niche you prefer more and are better at.
Try black & white film---excellent picture as it grasps the soul and takes out the bs, children playing, a child sitting alone by himself ignored by other kids--sad and lonely, a puppy on a chain with saddened eyes begging for recue and anilam shelters. (all great storylines for writers) Water with a star filter, sunsets, sunrises.
Take the photoprahy, change the lens up, change the films and shutter speeds and experiment until you find your niche. To heck with your girlfriend and artifical lighting in a preset arrangement.
You can do it. Reverse negatives do well for effect too.
Keep a notebook of all your shots about the film, shutter speeds, lens, etc. to remember what went wrong or well with it. It's a photographer's bible.
Spread yourself around and carry that camera everywhere you go faithful, a car accident could happen in front of yu and the local tv station will buy it from you. Newspaper will buy pictures because they can write a feature article on those pics. Get create. Turn that creativity into money now and earn a name before graduating.
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Sounds pretty good to me. A jobs are best when you enjoy them and take pride in what you are doing. So if you love photography and advertising, sounds like a good match :)
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Hi there,
I say go for it, if you are doing this just for fun but are also really good at it why not use your talent for your career?
This is like a hobbie for you, you obviously do it as a passion so if you enjoy it so much then take advantage of it.
I would luurrvvee to get paid for doing things that I do best!
Hope I helped.
Oh by the way.. I wouldn't mind seeing some of your pictures :)
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