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Art Photographer

A professional photographer needs excellent eyesight, an agile and inventive mind, initiative, dedication and an artistic ability. There are many fields in which you could specialise and each one requires special skills as well as the ability to take clear photographs.
The optical principle of the camera was known as far back as the 9th century when astronomers measured the daily position of the sun throughout the year with an apparatus that was later given the Latin name, camera obscura, meaning `dark room'. It worked on the principal that rays of light reflected from any illuminated object will pass through a tiny hole in a dark box and project the image of the object upside-down on a wall or screen inside the box. Since those days, the camera has developed into an invaluable tool not only in the world of art and the media but in most branches of science.

* Photographic Art is a medium used by artists to portray their ideas and images on film and encompasses virtually anything which can be classified as art.

* Fashion Photography deals with the world of fashion and is used to inform the public of the latest in fashion-ware.

* Journalistic Photography encompasses anything from daily events to world wars and includes advertising, television newscasts, magazine specials, scientific developments and news coverage.

* Portrait Photographers mostly specialise in portraits.

* Scientific Photography provides permanent records of objects seen through microscopes and telescopes.

* With the aid of Fibre Optics photographs can be taken of inaccessible parts of the human body without the necessity for operations. It also helps medical research by recording colour-coded X-rays and maps of the body for computer data.

* Gamma-ray photographs reveal the chemical composition of distant planets.

* Ultraviolet light photography can reveal the structures of plants.

* The miniaturised printed circuits of Silicon Chips are made by photographic reductions of large drawings. In many branches of science and technology the camera plays a vital role.

* The most famous astro-photographer was Warren de la Rue whose photos of the moon, taken in the 1850's and 1860's showed the immensity of space.

* Rapid-succession photography - now known as high speed chronophotography - is now an indispensible research instrument and photos of birds in flight contributed to the understanding of aerodynamics and to the invention of the aeroplane.

* The Stereoscopic photographs are three-dimensional photos which viewed through an eyepiece, gave lifelike credibility to pictures way back in 1862.

* Satellite Photography is used for all purposes to do with the scientific research of earth, for example, to define pollution areas or discover crop diseases.

* Using multi-stage flash exposure photography, naturalists are able to examine the flight of insects.

* Police Photography involves the photographing of crime scenes and arrests for the purpose of visual evidence.

* Amateur Photography is used by anyone who owns a camera and


The world of photography is as diverse and as interesting as life itself and the opportunities for people in this profession are endless.

As a press photographer, you would be in a position to go almost anywhere and photograph anything which might be of interest to your employer or yourself. In the larger companies, a press reporter usually finds the story and instructs you on how to film it. This is sometimes a very dangerous career as the action is sometimes violent - as in riots, bombing incidents and so on. A magazine photographer is usually given an assignment as is a fashion reporter and photographer. Many photographers set up their own studios and concentrate on portraits, weddings, graduations, functions and so on. Sports photographers cover sport for the media. Each of the other fields of photography need special skills and you would have to contact the relevant institutions.


Career Fields


Art and Creative
Film, Television and Radio
 
 
 
 



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