Jordan_Career

These pictures illustrate what my career is because it shows the intensity of the sport and for the one on the far left, it shows the happiness that they player have in this sport.

The career that I chose was to be sports photographer. I would choose this field because I have always loved photography and I love taking pictures at sporting events. Some skills that I would need to have for a sports photographer is to know the sport that I am photographing and being able to predict what is going to happen next. The school that is required for this field is to go to a four year school and taking all of the classes that you can that have to do with photography. The amount of money that a sports photographer makes depends on how big the picture is. If the picture is a full cover they could get paid up to $2000 for one of the big name magazines like Sports Illustrated or ESPN, but the prices also depend on the photographer and what they are asking. To become a sports photographer, after college you would need to make a portfolio of your very best pictures with a wide range of sports and make a hard copy and an online copy to show all of your skills. A typical day in the life of a sports photographer is basically just being at the sporting event and finding the right place to position yourself. For my self-promotional piece I am planing to make maybe a deck of cards with a different picture on each card (not an entire deck) or I was thinking of an “emergency sports photographers” kit. This illustrates my idea of this career because sports photographers are always on the move and you never know what is going to happen at any time.

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