Career Summary

Photographers concentrate their skills on specializing in a variety of areas or just one or two areas such as portrait photography, commercial photography, scientific photography, or photojournalism.

To ensure successful photos, photographers must assess the particular conditions, the best camera for a specific shoot, and how to best capture their subject matter. Some photographers may also develop and print their own photographs, or technically manipulate and enhance their photographic images to create a desired effect.

Professional photography is a broad industry that applies to several different other industries. Many that people don’t know exist or have never considered such as medical and or forensic photography.

Many photographers dream of having their work shown in famous art galleries or splashed across the leading magazines. Photography offers an interesting and often fulfilling way to make a living. While frustrating with challenges and always trying to find solutions to new problems, it is the exploration of the challenge through creativity and photography that keeps photographers in they’re career.