Professional Photography
In the world of Photography it is quite often heard that “I’m a Professional Photographer” or “I’m into Professional Photography”. This statement is pretty much relevant to those 80 out of 100 people with a DSLR who refer themselves as Professional Photographers, this stat is a generic thought expressed as today, genuinely most of the people possess DSLR’s, it can be due to the price factor or passion towards photography, Someone with serious photography skills or hobby, anything that pushes an individual to buy a DSLR. But mind you, Not every individual is a photographer neither is it a compulsion that every photographer is into Professional Photography.
Today a smart phone has given every individual an authority to click good pictures, every smart phone possessing individual or let say most of them are fascinated to click pictures, selfies for most of them. You won’t believe I have heard people say “Why to pay such hefty price to photographers when you can get good pictures from a phone itself.” Phew!!! Arghhhhhh……… Well 1000 minds 1000 perspectives, reactions, my point here is that not every individual who clicks pictures is entitled to the tag of professional photographer. It takes a lot of passion / creativity / skill set & patience and a lot more to become a successful or a professional photographer.
The serious question is what makes a Photographer a Professional? The great Celeb Photographer Daboo Ratnani is one! In fact an individual pursuing photography as a hobby even if being paid at times for his or her service is not considered being a professional photographer. Perhaps a more important question is what is so great about being a professional photographer? To be very honest, what a true professional photographer produces is rather a phenomenon in itself
About being a professional photographer? A photographer who adopts photography as his profession generally makes all his earning through his work. There are a few factors that help him enhance him function smoothly. •Website : It is highly recommended for a photographer to have a website with organized portfolio, showcasing his/her style and specialty of work. To highlight ones forte it’s important that your clients should be able to view your work, at least 20 unique pictures. This is important in the case of all style of photography, like weddings, fashion, product, lifestyle, travel and so on. This works as your resume as it helps your client to select you for different projects.
•Contract: It’s equally important to have made a business liability contracts with your client. This is basically a mutual agreement between the client and the photographer regarding the services and payment. A contract helps avoid any kind of menace on either side and leads to smooth functioning. Technical savvy: Professional photographer must keep updated with the advancements in technology as photography today is more challenging than ever. With the advent of smart phones with high megapixels cameras everyone is a so called photographer today. However, only a professional knows the technical game of the art. And to prove it it’s important to keep up to date knowledge of the latest equipments and various editing software.