Click! Click! With every shot taken blinding the model, with luminous lights in her eyes. My first experience with photography was when I was in the fifth grade and my brother was taken pictures of my parents for their renewal of their wedding. My parents wanted my brothers to be in the picture, but there wouldn't have been anybody to take the picture, so I volunteered myself because I am camera shy Since then I have been involved in every behind the camera scene with my home videos and family album books. I have taken over 200 photos and hung them on my wall. I plan to take classes in the Santa Rosa Junior College and the transfer to the Academy of Art College in San Francisco. During this search, I hope to learn more about the career of Photography.
One can be a successful photographer by receiving excellent grades in photo classes in high school and college. The obvious other way to be successful is to have money because one needs to be paying off the tuition fee for every credit (about 12 to 15). "Tuition is $550 per credit unit for undergraduates; $600 per credit unit for graduate students. A full time student carries either 12 or 15 units per semester. The application fee is $100 for undergraduates; $100 for graduate students. There is a nonrefundable $130 registration fee -- $100 is applicable toward tuition" (Academy of art college). The other way to be in the photo industry is to be recognized by other photographers and have them be a reference to whatever college or agency one might apply. One might be able to follow a professional around for a couple months an watch what he's doing so then one can get the jest of it.
One of the perks about being a photographer, is working with the models. Working with them gives one the opportunity to open up or have them open up. Opening up the models is hard because they require having the utmost attention needed, but after spending a while with the model he/she will give one the perfect pose.