| Interested in working in photography, any advice?

Interested in working in photography, any advice?

icecremeassasin asked the question:


It has been my lifelong dream to work for National Geographic or Time, but I don’t know how to get started. I don’t have any big degrees, but I feel like I have a photographic eye and a distinctive style. Other than just bombarding these companies with my photos during one of their photo contests and hoping that someone will be blown away by one of my photos and offer me the career of a life time, what other way should I go about becoming an addition to one of these companies? I’m not a rich kid who can travel the world taking pictures and have a lot of diverse people and places amongst my photos, but I do the best I can here in Florida-but I want that to change. I want to expand and capture the world through photography-and be paid for it! Is there anyone who has a similar background or that can offer advice on where to start?
Thank you to anyone who takes the time to answer- :)

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3 Responses to “Interested in working in photography, any advice?”

  1. troubadour on January 2nd, 2009 1:16 am

    I don’t have big degrees either, specially related to photography, but I have nice photos, and I had it on free websites, now I switched to stock photos websites where I can sell it, there is a lot of sites and names, but I guess the best deal for me is big stock

    You can go in there and look in the pages, maybe you will be interested.

    Good luck

  2. mike on January 4th, 2009 8:16 am

    Have a look at my site lots of help Jobe Tips and Links
    good luck

  3. antoni m on January 5th, 2009 9:37 am

    start by learning photography, exposure, lighting, flash, depth control, focus. the people that work for NG got there because they are the best in their field, better that all the great pros,

    start learn how to use light and exposure

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