Photography: a job to skip college for?
A payscale.com report says that “Freelance Photographer” is one job that doesn’t require a college degree. I disagree.
Category: Opinion
Being an Educated Photographer: (Part 3) The Full-Time People Manager
There are many types of people that you will be working with throughout your career as a photographer, but the most important people that directly affect the success of a photographer are the photographer’s team and staff.
Being an Educated Photographer: (Part 2) The Full-Time CEO
The most important thing that any photographer must understand is that photography is a business! If you wish to survive from your art, you must run and treat your business as any large corporation would and you are your company’s CEO.
Being an Educated Photographer: (Part 1) Continuing Education
I find it absolutely amazing how many photography programs at well respected colleges and universities throughout the country fail to teach the real essentials of photography. Even at F.I.T. where I attended, we had one course that focused on the “business of photography”. Being a successful commercial photographer is not just about f-stops and shutter [...]
The Language of Photography: Editing vs. Retouching
I have a confession. I know we all have our pet peeves, but I have one that truly hurts my head. It hurts my head almost as bad as a baby screaming at the top of his lungs on a airplane or as bad as hearing finger nails scratch a black board. It’s when people [...]