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Photography! How do I become a photographer?

Photography is my passion. I would like to become a professional photographer in the state of Florida. Anyone know how to get started?


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: In photography you do not have to go to formal school and have a degree to be a photographer. A lot of people will say you have to go to college and even if you go to college it does not guarantee you will get a job in this career field.

There is nothing the matter with going to college if that is how you want to learn photography.

With that said you have to learn it somewhere.

A. You can go to college and learn for the next 2-4 years.

OR

1. You can start reading all kinds of books on this subject and also get information from the Internet to help you learn. This includes web based classes, manufactures web sites to personal blogs on the subject.

2. You can get yourself a job as a photographers assistant (be it payed or free) and learn from that person.

3. Buy the best DSLR camera that you can afford on the pro side of the market (Nikon D200, Canon EOS 30 D) this also includes good lenses.

4. Start shooting with your camera to get practice and from what you are learning from reading and doing you will get better. Practice does make perfect.

My suggestion is to find a part of photography that you would have an interest in and point in that direction. Example if you like architecture then specialize in that field (but this means you will need special lenses for that type of work).

I hope this helps but you have to take the first steps,