What does a qualified photographer need?

You can't say what ability you have to be a photographer. Most abilities are constantly exercised in practice. The theoretical basis includes understanding of color and composition, understanding of photographic principles and photographic equipment, and post-processing ability. What needs experience is mainly eyesight, ability to communicate with models, humanistic care in filming documentaries and so on.

1. Constantly "unemployed", sometimes I don't know what my next job is, and sometimes I have to work all night for several days.

For most photographers, work always comes unexpectedly after a long wait. Can you live those free days?

2. Accept the temporary task, finish shooting and editing quickly, and send the photos to the editing room before noon the next day.

For all photographers, the deadline for work is always getting tighter and tighter.

3. Be familiar with the existing working methods, and be able to keep learning new technologies and use them at the first time.

Photography is constantly changing and will not stop, and so will you.

4. Can adapt to the life of "being displaced from place to place and living without a fixed place". Besides, your transportation is not always by plane-sometimes you need to take a truck, and sometimes you need to sleep on the floor.

Magazine photographers call the local opera where four stars can be seen from the hole in the roof a "four-star hotel".

At the press conference, you must be able to take unusual photos.

All press conferences are the same, but they must look different.

6. Be able to give up your creativity for the needs of picture editing.

Editors need photos that can explain the problem, not photos that show your personal skills. Art belongs to the gallery, not the front page of the newspaper.

7. Be familiar with the subject you want to shoot, especially from the legal point of view.

Copyright law is unpredictable. You need to know which photos of buildings can be used for business and which are protected. For example, photos of the Eiffel Tower can be sold during the day, but not at night. )

8. Know the difference between RF, RM, CC, FR and RR.

As a professional photographer, you need to know royalties and several abbreviations. RF: free; RM: restricted copyright; CC: creative protection; FR: full resolution picture; RR: Limited resolution.

9. Be able to make photo albums

Making photos into a group photo is more attractive to customers than providing only a batch of photos. Because taking a group photo can not only show your talent, but also show that you are a reliable photographer.

10. You can teach photography or write books when there is no project.

This can help you maintain a basic livelihood, refuse jobs you don't like, and keep your passion for photography.

1 1. You can easily communicate with people from different classes, such as CEO, president and their drivers.

As a professional photographer, you may shoot a president one day and a group of workers the next. You must be able to adapt to different subjects and environments.

12. Maintain good cooperation with customers, editors and agents.

Photography is commercialized, and the people you know are as important as your talent. You must know how to organize and maintain your network.

13. Be able to tell others what to do and be willing to accept orders from others.

As a commercial photographer, you need to tell the model how to pose, and at the same time, you need to shoot according to other people's instructions.

Know how to deal with cooperation and competition.

Photographers can be a close-knit team, or they may always compete for the best photos. In the process of completing the work, you need to know when to cooperate and when to be stubborn.

15. The pride you can enjoy when your photos appear in galleries, front pages or bookstores.

Let photographers who want to be photographers have a clear understanding and know the hardships of photographers while admiring them.

Photographers should have a healthy constitution, because photography is also a physical activity.

Photographers should have persistent patience, because every good shot must be obtained while waiting.

Photographers should have keen observation and quick response ability, because only keen observation can get distinctive shooting materials and some artistic things, and response is also a key. Only when a scene is realized by you one second before you find it, then your lens will not miss a rare opportunity.

Photographers should have an upright, uplifting, moral and caring heart, because only your personality and your love can impress your audience and your model and let them give you the most perfect performance and evaluation.