What preparations do you need to make if you really turn your photography hobby into a career?

Now we can often pay attention to a large number of freelance photographers in many places. Judging from their photos and articles, it seems that they can't go to different cities, take different scenery and seal different people every month. It seems that they all play while working, and the money they earn is their own. It seems to be a very happy thing. But as amateurs, we just like photography, and we don't know the real situation of photographers' occupation, and we don't know whether the charging standard of each shot is really as enviable as their photos and words reflect. Then, if you are also a person who loves photography and want to turn photography into your own career, let's see what preparations you can make with us.

Some people have been thinking about whether to choose work or photography. But the problem itself is not contradictory. Because there is a profession in the world called photographer, his only threshold is probably to ask you to be able to photograph. One of the greatest blessings in life is to turn your hobby into a job and continue to love it.

Well, here's the problem. If you really want to turn your photography hobby into a career, you must first ask yourself, can you continue to love it? Once you become a professional photographer, photography is not only a hobby, but also a tool for your future livelihood. There will be all kinds of disappointments and disappointments, even the strict requirements for taking pictures of you will require you to become more and more proficient in your own technology and can no longer do whatever you want. Even so, you are still willing to go on, so the industry opens its doors to welcome you.

At the same time, it is precisely because the threshold of photographers is relatively low that some people dare to call themselves photographers when they pick up their cameras, but it is always not so easy to adapt to this profession. The first point that many people face is whether to stick to their own style or cater to the public's preferences on the road of photography. If you are applying for a position, then the company must have its own long-standing preferences, and now you may not be able to change them. However, if you still have a lot of energy, I suggest you don't lose your previous style. The integration of the two will be your uniqueness. If you are a freelance photographer, this problem does not exist. You are free to choose your own style.

Once you have the idea of being a full-time photographer in the future, you can't just have fun as before. You should start to understand this industry, pay attention to the company or studio you want to join, participate in more photography groups, see how others are different from you, publicize your photos more, and better own your proud works. In this way, your chances of being seen by customers will be higher. Traveling is easy, but all the arrangements for this trip are actually your own responsibility. There are still many things you have to worry about, coordinate and pay attention to.

But if you yearn for beauty so much, then all the efforts are worth it.

If you like my article, please pay attention to the headline "I love to learn photography" and update the original photography teaching video every day.