Photography Education: Becoming A Professional

Posted on 9/17/2009 by Jim Pickerell | Printable Version | Comments (2)

Given the state of the industry and the economy, it's wasteful to spend thousands on formal education at a trade school or university to learn photography. A better strategy is to first purchase a good DSLR and _shoot, shoot, shoot_.

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Bill Bachmann Posted Sep 17, 2009
Jim,

You amaze me in that you suggest young photographers send images to Microstock agencies and yet you-- and many others-- write that it is impossible to make a living doing Microstock!

Why not tell them to START correctly --- send to Rights Managed agencies! You want to send them to Micro and complicate the entire system even more.

There are almost entirely amateurs doing Micro images. If they want to have a CAREER in photography, teach them the RIGHT way please.

I write this from Italy, believe it or not, on assignment because I have a REAL career as a photographer!

Bill Bachmann
Orlando, Florida

Tim Mcguire Posted Sep 26, 2009
I must second Bill's comments. It seems very odd to start an article by writing about how one makes a career in photography, then say you can't do it in micrstock, but then you go on to tell them to submit their best images to microstock agencies.

Much of the rest seems to be better advice.

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