Is it better to study photography in a photography school or to be an apprentice?

It depends on what kind of photography you want to do. It can be roughly divided into these sections: commercial photography, landscape photography, news documentary photography and portrait photography. I'm not sure about other aspects, but if I plan to open a photo studio in the future, that is, imaginative photography or advertising photography, I suggest to be an apprentice. I am a photographer, and now I have my own studio, and I have a lot of cooperation with many photography schools. They are all referees, but they are all assistants, that is, apprentices. There is no difference in treatment and promotion opportunities between apprentices recruited from the society.

In addition, it must be added that portrait photographer is a combination of art and technology, which requires a certain degree of understanding and hard-working spirit. Moreover, without years of first-hand experience, it is absolutely impossible for you to come and let you take the lead.

I am a Jianghu school myself, and I didn't learn it in photography school. But I used to be an honorary professor of a well-known photography and makeup training institution in Beijing, so I think I have a certain say in answering your question.