Professional Photography for Beginners
Diploma PFB08
Design & Photography
Learning Method: Correspondence with online support

Career opportunities include: Professional Photographer, Photojournalist, Photographic Processor, Photo Lab Assistant, Photo Technician..

Industries include: private, magazine and newspaper industry, travel, corporate, all areas of the media.

Photographers use cameras and lighting equipment to take photographs of people, places, objects, and other subjects. A photographer may work from a studio (particularly in portrait photography) or may work on location; either in the field or at a client location. There is often a lot of travel (local, national or international) involved in being a photographer so flexibility to go on an assignment can be needed in some fields. A photographer may:

• operate cameras, lights and light-measuring devices
• work out the camera angle, light positions and exposure
• work with photographic composition and layout
• consider photographic approaches and the selection of locations, props, models and colour coordination
• use a darkroom or photo lab for developing photographs

Photographers can specialise in any number of areas:

• portraiture photography
• fashion and glamour photography
• landscape photography
• wedding photography
• sport and action photography
• travel photography
• corporate events and functions photography
• government photography
• real estate and commercial photography
• newspaper photography
• advertising photography
• pet photography
• stock photography
• baby and children's photography
• stunt photography
• architectural photography
• industrial photography
• scientific or medical photography

A career in photography can offer any number of opportunities and directions.