How can I become a photographer like National Geographic?

1, to be a documentary photographer, you need a platform. Either you are a magazine reporter, or you are an accomplished freelance photographer and freelancer, and then you earn your living by taking pictures and winning prizes. You also have your own travel expenses. The deepest concern and sympathy for human beings is a necessary quality for a photographer, otherwise, it is not a photographer, but another realistic copier with a shutter according to the template and a mind full of money, money and money.

2, here I tell the story of two photographers, a foreign and a domestic:

& lt 1 & gt； Joe Joe mcnally, photographer of American Life Magazine: That's the one who gave it to Nikon D4 (one of Nikon's chief photographers, he can call any equipment of Nikon freely and adjust as much as he wants). He has been a photographer for 30 years and just started when he was young. He traveled alone in new york with a second-hand film machine, worked as a journalist for a long time, met big names in the magazine industry, and took photos of various subjects, from baseball to the president, from criminals to business.

Mcnally photographed many important historical events and figures in the United States, such as:

1, the space shuttle challenger takes off.

2.9 1 1 The most popular atlas of the event, the faces of the explosion center, firefighters and civilian heroes in the event of 9 1 1.

3. The photos of The Burning Bottle Girl 20 years later contributed to the early end of the Vietnam War.

There are at least two American presidents: Jimmy Carter and Clinton.

As a foreign photographer specially invited for the 2008 Olympic Games, I participated in the shooting of our Olympic theme.

Sounds good, doesn't it?

But mcnally also encountered the dilemma that people encountered:

1, just started out, was robbed, and all the photographic equipment was looted. It was his colleagues who raised 500 dollars for him to continue his work, otherwise we would probably lose a great photographer.

2, divorced at least once, the ex-wife lives with her daughter.

Countless frustrations and disappointments encountered by young people, even because they wasted a lot of film, they didn't shoot anything and were almost swept out of the house.

& lt2> Tang Shiceng, a famous domestic war photographer, is Donald Duck.

Tang Shiceng has been to Iraq, Normandy and India. Baidu encyclopedia has a detailed explanation, so I won't say much.

3. Summary:

Any great cause begins step by step. Without a platform, survival is a problem, not to mention life and ideals. Personally, don't underestimate any job, do it seriously, and slowly, you will have enough resources and technology to realize your ideal. If you jump three times at the beginning, you will often fall down, which is very heavy.

I hope I can help you.