All the different genres of professional practice are commercial-i.e., selling.
In order to sell your images, you must be able to derive technical mastery of your practice and have creativity. Also, understand online business and have boundaries.
The structure is:
Commercial- Editorial, advertising and Products.
Publication-books, periodicals and editorials.
Social-weddings and portraits.
Associates-Education and Editing.
All the sectors above, the way selling takes place has changed to a web-based economy.
In all sectors, it is vital that-
1 You understand the client's needs
2 You can work on a small budget
3 Problem solve
4 Aware of copyright.
5 Flexible and fast.
6 Boundaries in work. Appropriate content.
7 Network with others.
The 3 main areas to gain entry into photography are
1 Educational
2 Assisting others.
3 Practice.
In terms of what element I want to pursue, I am going down the educational route of gaining a degree and hopefully a masters. I want to sell my work and also use my experience to work as a curator (though its more likely at my age to be an asst curator). I enjoy putting together my two interests of history and photography.
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