Job Report Notes

(issues)

• the issues faced by individuals looking to enter into a career within the creative media sector
• the positives of entering into a career within the creative media sector

Photography

The day-to-day roles and responsibilities of the particular job you are focusing on:

• working with clients and discussing their demands/requirements
• seeking out appropriate opportunities
• carrying out research for a shoot
• working in different locations and circumstances
• using an extensive range of technical equipment
• liaising with other professionals (graphics designer, writers, gallery managers, picture researchers, commissioning editors, and art directors)
• managing the processing and use of images
• managing the business aspects of work, including administration, scheduling work, invoicing and basic accounting

Other duties involved in the role:


The amount of hours you would be expected to work/shift patterns/early or late starts:

• Hours can be long and unpredictable
• There may periods with little or no work
• In some areas of photography, working days and hours will be led by demand. E.g. wedding photographers are likely to be at their busiest on Saturdays during the 'wedding season', and sports photographers will expect to work weekends and evenings to cover fixtures and events

The skills you might need for this role:

• photography
• art and design
• fine art
• digital imaging
• graphics
• media studies

The qualities you need for this role:

• Personality, perseverance and patience
• Dedication
• Photographers need the ability to blend quickly into work teams and build rapport with different people

Experience required for the role:

• Join photographic societies
• Visit exhibitions and galleries
• Look at photographs in books and magazines and find out as much as possible about any specific fields of interest
• Volunteering, work-shadowing  work experience and project work (great ways of gaining experience and skills, as well as making contacts)

The (minimum) qualifications needed for this role:

• photography;
• art and design;
• fine art;
• digital imaging;
• graphics;
• media studies.

Salary (include a starting salary and what you could expect to achieve once you have more experience):

• Starting salaries - £10,500-£21,250
• Many entrants to the profession start as assistants resulting in some extremely low starting salaries - sometimes less than £10,000
• Top end salaries - £25,000-£65,000 (can get much higher for those who become famous or highly sought-after)

http://landscape-photography.photographysearcher.co.uk/listing
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