The conditions for photographing artistically appealing works should be met

If you want to shoot inspiring works, you need to meet the following 15 conditions:

1. Constantly "unemployed", sometimes not knowing what your next job will be, sometimes You have to work all night for several days. For most photographers, work always comes unexpectedly after a long wait. Can you survive those free days?

2. Accept temporary assignments, Shooting, editing, and having your photos in the editor’s desk by noon the next day quickly is a time of tighter deadlines for all photographers.

3. Be proficient in existing working methods, and at the same time be able to continuously learn new technologies and use them for the first time. Photography is constantly changing and will not stop, and so should you.

4. Be able to adapt to a life of "floating around and having no fixed place to live". In addition, your means of transportation is not always a plane - sometimes you need to take a truck, sometimes you need to sleep on the floor for magazine photography Journalists nicknamed places where four stars could be seen through holes in the roof "four-star hotels."

5. At press conferences, you must be able to take distinctive photos. All press conferences are the same, but they must look different.

6. Be able to give up your creativity for the needs of photo editing. Editors need photos that speak for themselves, not ones that showcase your personal skills. Art belongs in galleries, not on newspaper front pages.

7. Get to know your subjects, especially from a legal perspective Copyright laws are unpredictable. You need to know which buildings can be photographed for commercial use and which are protected. (For example, photos of the Eiffel Tower during the day can be sold, but night scenes cannot.)

8. Know the difference between RF, RM, CC, FR and RR. As a professional photographer, you need to know the royalties and Several of his abbreviations. RF: Free; RM: Restricted Copyright; CC: Creative Protection; FR: Full resolution image; RR: Limited resolution.

9. Able to create photo albums. It is easier to attract customers by grouping photos than just providing a batch of photos. Because group photos can not only show your talent, but also show that you are a reliable photographer.

10. When there are no projects, you can teach photography or write books. This can help you maintain your basic source of livelihood, refuse jobs you don’t like, and maintain your passion for photography.

11. Can easily communicate with people from different walks of life, CEO, President, and their drivers. As a professional photographer, maybe you were photographing a certain president one day, and the next day you were photographing a group of workers. You must be able to adapt to different subjects and situations.

12. Maintain good cooperation with clients, editors and agents. Photography is a business, 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 take orders from others. As a commercial photographer, you need to tell models how to pose, and at the same time, you need to follow other people's orders to shoot.

14. Know how to handle cooperation and competition. Photographers can be a very tight team, or they may be competing for the best photo all the time. You need to know when to cooperate and when to be stubborn in order to get your job done.

15. The pride you get when your photos appear in a gallery, on the front page, or in a bookstore. Being a professional photographer is a tough job, but it also pays great dividends.