How can I become a professional photographer?
1. Finding your major means finding the field you want to shoot.
There are many subjects of photography, such as product photography, still life photography, landscape photography, human photography, street photography, e-commerce photography, etc., and many subjects are different, each with its own characteristics, and the equipment used is also very different. In particular to a len and related light compensation equipment.
Therefore, before developing our own professional path, we should determine our own direction and find the subject matter that we are best at, so as not to shoot anything.
Meet these seven conditions, and you can become a professional photographer.
2. Choose appropriate equipment, lenses and accessories.
In the final analysis, this matter is the biggest headache. There are too many accessories related to taking pictures. Simply put, it is a lens with various focal lengths, a tripod, a spare battery memory card, and a higher point is a variety of lighting appliances, cloud storage workstations, and various messy accessories. You even have to learn post-retouching and related retouching equipment.
But what should I buy? Or buy from the most basic. First, determine the subject you want to shoot, and choose the appropriate lens according to your subject. Spare batteries, spare memory cards, these must be bought in case of emergency. As for other advanced accessories, it's not too late to buy them when you practice the basic skills and improve your ability, otherwise it's useless to buy them.
Look at the picture below, the equipment of professional photographers. This may be a bit exaggerated. But with the increase of demand, this kind of equipment will accumulate more and more.
Meet these seven conditions, and you can become a professional photographer.
3. Build your own portfolio, VLOG or website to promote your personal brand.
Professional photographers will have their own collections of works, and of course, they can also use their personal websites or VLOG to show their works to outsiders. Through these works, they also express their skills and abilities to others, and at the same time give others a sense of professionalism. But every work you want to show must be carefully selected. Only in this way can users choose to cooperate with you better.
Meet these seven conditions, and you can become a professional photographer.
4. Find the right customers, and the right user groups can help you realize the foundation.
Speaking of finding suitable customers, I want to talk about some people in the so-called take-over film now. Although Bian Xiao doesn't need to take photos to make money, I think it's understandable to make money by taking photos of others, but only by positioning yourself accurately can we get more effective promotion results.
Meet these seven conditions, and you can become a professional photographer.
5, to have their own business model, even if a person has to establish a personal business service system.
Since you want to take pictures to make money, let's take pictures as a career. You can't do business just by chatting casually on WeChat like playing house. If you want to make a good impression, you must be professional. A formal contract and a complete and detailed quotation can improve your grades instantly.
Moreover, there is a contract guarantee, which stipulates the ownership of rights and obligations of both parties, and will avoid disputes in the future. Both public and private are necessary means to protect their own interests.
Meet these seven conditions, and you can become a professional photographer.
6. Improve your workflow and constantly improve and optimize your workflow.
A good workflow can make us get twice the result with half the effort, especially to develop good work habits. After each shooting, you should quickly arrange the photos and charge the battery, and arrange the related equipment and accessories, so as to ensure that there will be no embarrassing scene when the memory card is out of space or the battery is dead in the next shooting. It will also leave a good impression on customers.
Moreover, a good workflow can speed up our work efficiency and form the habit of doing things that day. After all, if we don't finish it today, we will do it tomorrow, but there will still be things tomorrow, so the backlog of work is increasing, and the final consequence can only be to reduce the quality of work and make our work worse and worse. Efficiency and quality are the best weapons to enhance the customer experience.
Finally, I smashed my own brand.
Meet these seven conditions, and you can become a professional photographer.
7. Promote your works and spread your word of mouth.
Don't forget to share every pleasant cooperation with customers. It can also increase value-added services and experiences for customers. For example, birthday messages, holiday greetings, photo album making, etc. Make customers feel value for money. Then over time, your reputation will get better and better.