How to become a professional photographer must meet these seven conditions!

Being a professional photographer is not easy. It's not Weibo's nickname that a photographer can be a professional photographer, nor can he be a photographer with a camera that can press the shutter. If you want to be a professional photographer, you must first improve your ability and have a good plan for your major. In a word, this is not an easy task.

Cooper made a short film telling us how to become a professional photographer.

1, find your major

There are many subjects of photography, such as product photography, still life photography, landscape photography, portrait photography, street view photography and so on, and many subjects are different, and the equipment used is also very different.

Therefore, before developing our own professional path, we should determine our own direction and find the subject matter that we are best at, so as not to shoot anything.

2, choose the right equipment

In the final analysis, this matter is the biggest headache. There are too many accessories related to taking pictures. Simply put, it is a lens with various focal lengths, a tripod, a spare battery memory card, and a higher point is a variety of lighting appliances, cloud storage workstations, and various messy accessories.

What should I buy? Or buy from the most basic. First, determine the subject you want to shoot, and choose the appropriate lens according to your subject. Spare batteries, spare memory cards, these must be bought in case of emergency. As for other advanced accessories, it's not too late to buy them when you practice the basic skills and improve your ability, otherwise it's useless to buy them.

3. Build your own portfolio

Professional photographers will have their own collections to show their works to outsiders. Through these works, they also express their skills and abilities to others, and at the same time give others a sense of professionalism.

4. Find the right customer

Speaking of finding suitable customers, I want to talk about some people in the so-called take-over film now. Although I never make money by taking pictures, I also think it is understandable to make money by taking pictures of others. However, to promote yourself, it is necessary to locate it accurately in order to get more effective promotion results. But some guest film photographers can cast a wide net to advertise themselves. The advertisements are all on my head, and I can only have a black line all over my face. . .

5. Have your own business model.

Since you want to take pictures to make money, let's take pictures as a career. You can't do business just by chatting casually on WeChat like playing house. If you want to make a good impression, you must be professional. A formal contract and a complete and detailed quotation can improve your grades instantly.

Moreover, there is a contract guarantee, which stipulates the ownership of rights and obligations of both parties, and will avoid disputes in the future. Both public and private are necessary means to protect their own interests.

6. Improve your workflow.

A good workflow can make us get twice the result with half the effort, especially to develop good work habits. After each shooting, you should quickly sort out the photos and charge the battery, so as to ensure that there will be no embarrassing scene when the memory card is out of space or the battery is dead in the next shooting.

Moreover, a good workflow can speed up our work efficiency and form the habit of doing things that day. After all, if we don't finish it today, we will do it tomorrow, but there will still be things tomorrow, so the backlog of work is increasing, and the final consequence can only be to reduce the quality of work and make our work worse and worse.

Finally, I smashed my own brand.

7. Advance your work.