I am a high school student. I used to always think about what I would do well when I grow up. Recently, I saw some beautiful photos on Weibo and suddenly wanted to learn photography.

It’s a good idea to have such an idea, but I personally suggest that it would be better to take photography as a hobby.

Reasons

Not many photographers (I mean real photographers, not hooligan photography enthusiasts who show off themselves on social networking sites all day long) can make a living from photos. of.

If you take photography as a hobby, you can improve your aesthetic standards and lay a foundation for you to choose other industries. To put it bluntly, it can improve your personal aesthetics. It will be better to start doing design or other things in the future.

Personally, I have been exposed to photography since junior high school. From the beginning, I used a point-and-shoot film camera to shoot, then I used various mid-range, high-end and low-end digital SLRs, and now I have just graduated from college and returned to photography. Playing with old-fashioned film single-shot, double-lens reflex, and rangefinder cameras. Photography brings a lot of fun to my life, but it also costs a lot of money. According to incomplete statistics, I spent at least nearly 300,000 yuan. Therefore, photography is not a hobby that saves money. You should carefully consider your own financial situation when approaching it, especially as a student. (I am because my family conditions are pretty good, and I have always had this hobby)

You can consider going into the media or design direction, or even film photography, which can be used in future work. to photography, and finding work was much easier. It seems that there are not many universities in mainland China that specialize in photography, almost none, because photography is not just as simple as taking pictures, but also involves various aesthetic knowledge, physical and chemical knowledge, imaging and so on.

Finally, although I do not recommend using photography as a survival tool, if you really want to, stick to it. Even if you have to study abroad, as long as conditions permit, you must stick to your ideals. I am an example. I originally wanted to learn photography, but later I figured it out and enrolled in the media major at university. Now I am an intern reporter at a newspaper. I often use photography at work. I am very satisfied with my current job.

Hope this helps.