Study Photography

Choose the Right Field When You Study Photography

With the advent of world globalization the field of photography has grown and there are many specialized areas within the field. Because of the wide variety of career choices, it is best to first decide on the type of photography you are interested in. This will make choosing the right photography school and field of study that much easier. The different types of photography are based on the subject matter of the photographs, the working conditions, and the equipment used.

The Different Photography Fields:

Portrait and Wedding photography - In this type of photography the subject is posed carefully and special indoor and outdoor lighting is used to enhance the subjects. The job market is stable although there is not much room for growth in this area of photography.

The Fine Arts Photographer

This type of photography can involve any subject matter whether it is people, places, objects, buildings, etc. The photographers objective is to take interesting shots taken from a unique perspective. Images are sold as artwork, although the photographer has to be technically proficient, but he must also have an artistic eye.

The Photo-Journalist

This photographer takes images of news worthy events and usually works for a newscast. These images enhance news stories.

The Commercial Photographer

This professional is proficient at advertising photography, stock images, and sales print. They can photograph food, products, buildings, or any item that is sold in some way or form.

The Industrial Photographer

This career professional focuses on images of machinery, employee shots, equipment, large industrial machinery products, and company pictures. These are taken at corporations or manufacturing plants. Images are used for publicity, company uses, or development of new products.

Freelance work

Many photographers decide to freelance. Freelancing is great for people who want the freedom to work when they want and to spend time with their families. However freelancing requires a great deal of self motivation and discipline.

Most people who decide to study photography do so because of the love of the field and not because of the money they can make. Some people combine interests in medicine, news, law, social studies, etc and specialize in that type of photography as they study.

Before deciding on what you would like to specialize in when you study photography you should think about the working conditions you would like. Do you want to work in an office setting, indoors, outdoors? Do you want to travel, etc?

You should also look into salary ranges for each photography specialty as these will vary, then look at educational requirements, some fields of photography study require other types of education like fine arts, or portrait work.