Is photography a challenging industry?

If a person's personal ideal is to make a living and make money, then photography (here refers to plane photo photography, not TV cameras and movie cameras). There are three ways to bring you money.

(1) commercial photography. For example, wedding photo studio, wedding, banquet commemoration, commercial performance activities, advertising activities and so on.

You can check the price of this category online, and how much it costs to shoot in the photo studio and event site. Characteristic is the work of serving the people. You need to take pictures according to people's requirements. For example, at a wedding scene, the couple's family saw your photo and said, "What is this special photo?" Big backlight! ! I can't see clearly! However, do you think it is good to look good?

(2) artistic photography, as shown in the figure, not much to say. I expect you to be a great artist. A photo will be immortal after winning the prize. The auction house pays a high price, but I'm afraid you'll die then. Such as Stiglitz and others.

(3) news photography and documentary photography, hey, look at the picture, don't talk.

2, if the prospect = art and social care. And your name.

(1) Commercial photography can hardly be named, because this kind of photography is not art. If you disagree, please study art history, photography and aesthetics. Philosophy, of course. Recommend a book "What is Art"

(2) Art photography is very good. I admire you if you are determined to do so. Maybe you will be as poor as Van Gogh's paintings, and your works will become famous only after you die.

Of course, you may say that there are many photographic works in China that have won international awards and are still alive, but those who study photography are rare in this group. You can't guarantee that you won't consider financial problems when you buy a house at the age of 30 when you are going to have a baby. If you are a rich second generation, all affirmative answers are invalid. I am very talkative.

(3) News and documentaries, the remarkable feature of such works is that you need to form a complete and independent social outlook, values and outlook on life, and express your views on this society through photo photography from your own unique perspective. If you want to be such a photographer, I will sit up and take notice of you, because this kind of photographer will basically not survive before the age of 30, and you need to go through a lot of things, understand a lot of truth and see through this. At the same time, the probability of bringing you the first bucket of gold before the age of 40 is not great. Usually, people who make documentaries are mainly interested in hobbies and their main occupations. Please consider it carefully.

Documentary photographers in China can see that China's photographic history is mostly documentary.