Fashion+Photographer

 So You Want to be a Fashion Photographer 



Description
Fashion photographers are people who take photos mainly of models wearing clothes. The photographs they take are meant to sell the clothing and also entertain and captivate the viewer to give them a certain feeling. You can see fashion photographers' work in magazines, exhibits, advertisements, TV shows, and more.

Many photographers are self employed; however, most // fashion // photographers are hired by companies to advertise their clothing, and by magazines and newspapers.

A photographer helps sell products and entertain people. They address advertisers' need to have pictures to sell their clothes.

Neccesary Skills and Education
Some apprenticeships may be available in camera shops or developing labs, but most beginners receive their training in schools and colleges. Photography courses are offered at two-year technical colleges and four-year colleges; some colleges even have programs that lead to a bachelor's or master's degree in photography. However, a photography degree is not needed to become a photographer; it will only help when applying for a job. You need to have some basic skills to be a photographer like knowing how to handle a camera and the basic parts of cameras. You also should have some creative and artistic values. Creativity is a key aspect in creating good photos.

Pros and Cons
**Pros:** You are able to make your own hours for the most part. Professional photographers get to travel around the world. It's satisfying and fun to make a career out of your hobby. It's always very interesting and you are always doing new things. You have the potential to be quite famous someday. It is a relatively active job; you aren't just sitting behind a desk all day.

**Cons:** It can be hard to find people who want pictures taken of them Photography is highly competetive because there are few jobs and many people who want those jobs. Traveling can actually be a problem if you don't like traveling. It can be hard starting out because you first need to build up your career. The average photographer does not make that much money per year (about $35,640 annually)

Responsibilities
Photographers have to bring a lot of equipment with them wherever they go and keep the equipment safe because a lot of it is very expensive. It is especially hard to keep it safe when you are travelling, because professional equipment has many parts which are delicate and very valuable. Photographers also need to find people who want pictures taken of them, and get the people to cooperate, which can be a very stresssful process.

[[image:money.jpg width="129" height="157" align="left"]] Compensation
Fashion photographers take in a wide range of salaries. The median expected salary for photographers is $54,474. However, self-employed photographers, especially ones just starting out, may take in a much smaller income. Also, highly respected and known professional photographers would take in much more. Therefore, the // average //  salary range for photographers is about $30,823 - $99,667. Most employed photographers get benefits such as healthcare, pension, disability, and social security. Self employed photographers, however, would most likely not get any benefits.

Glossary
 There are many terms that are important and necessary to know as a photographer; mostly to do with cameras and their parts.


 * **Aperture ** - Lens opening. The opening in a camera lens that light passes through to expose the film. The size of aperture is either fixed or adjustable. The larger the aperture number, the smaller the lens opening. Aperture affects how much of a picture is in focus. A larger aperture gives you a smaller area of focus and a smaller aperture gives you a larger area of focus .
 * ** Backlighting ** - Light coming from behind the subject, toward the camera lens, so that the subject stands out vividly against the background. Sometimes produces a silhouette effect.
 * **Contrast **- The range of difference in the light to dark areas of a photo; the brightness range of a subject or the scene lighting. It may be also explained as tonal difference.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Tripod ** <span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">- A three-legged supporting stand used to hold the camera steady. Especially useful when using slow shutter speeds and/or telephoto lenses.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Film Speed ** <span style="background-color: #03e29c; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">-The sensitivity of a given film to light, indicated by a number such as ISO 200. The higher the number, the more sensitive or faster the film. Note: ISO stands for International Standards Organization.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Close Up ** <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">- A picture taken with the subject close to the camera-usually less than two or three feet away, but it can be as close as a few inches.
 * ** Lens ** - One or more pieces of optical glass or similar material designed to collect and focus rays of light to form a sharp image on the film, paper, or projection screen.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Graininess ** <span style="background-color: #9705e6; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">- The sand-like or granular appearance of a negative, print, or slide. Graininess becomes more pronounced with faster film and the degree of enlargement.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Flat ** <span style="background-color: #d200ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">- Too low in contrast. The range in density in a negative or print is too short.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Zoom Lens ** <span style="background-color: #f122ac; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">- A lens that has a shorter focal length and a wider field of view (includes more subject area) than a normal lens.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Wide-Angle Lens ** <span style="background-color: #f1226d; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">- A lens in which you adjust the focal length over a wide range. In effect, this gives you lenses of many focal lengths.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Negative- ** <span style="background-color: #ff0a0a; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> The developed film that contains a reversed tone image of the original scene.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Foreground ** <span style="background-color: #f04d00; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">- The area between the camera and the principal subject.

About The Author
<span style="background-color: #ac64dd; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Olivia is an 8th grader at Rye Middle School and Japanese night school. She enjoys activities such as field hockey, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> <span style="background-color: #ac64dd; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> tennis, track, and squash and loves longs walks on the beach, origami and writing haikus. She loves photography and thinks the career of a fashion photographer would be very fun and something she is interested in. Her second cousin is Justin Bieber. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">

Examples
<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Below are some examples of fashion photography.