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For this career project, I am interested in a career in photo journalism. Meaning I would love to be the person behind the camera of major events in wildlife and major historical events. I want to be the one to spark emotion behind the images people see of events around the world. No, this does not mean a paparazzi photographer, it means I would love to be a national geographic, or time magazine photographer who travels around the world for major events, capturing the beauty of our earth and everything it has to offer including the people living in it. For this job, a real eye of beauty is needed, along with patience, a journalism background, maybe a fine arts background and good understanding of photo editing. For a career in basic photography, nothing more than a high school diploma is really needed. But since I would love to be in this area of photo journalism, it is recommended that other area's other than just photography classes are taken. For instants, [|National Geographics] website says, "The most common majors have been journalism, anthropology, sociology or psychology, fine arts, and sciences. Our editors and photographers agree that it is important to complete a degree in a discipline other than photography." Therefore, a salary varyies in this field because so many different people come in with different levels of education and skill. For a basic photographer, not a National Geographic one, earns [|$28,490] per year or [|$13.70] per hour on average. The salary for these specific photographers is not listed. Getting more specific, for one to actually get a job in this field at National Geographic, it is possible to slide in as a free lancer. But for this, you need an extensive portfolio, with multiple years of experience. It is also recommended that one gets involved in the yearly internship that is offered by the company. This is a good way to just get involved with the business even before you are able to take pictures for them. An average day for me, would hopefully be doing research and keeping up to date with current events. This would also include lots of traveling and taking pictures under deadlines. For this project, I was thinking about doing a type of passport looking promotional piece. So when you open it up, there will be a little bio about me (name, date of birth, place of birth, school attended, etc.), and then as you flip through the pages, there are pictures nature and people I have taken that really show my style and skill in this photography field. My idea is specific to this career because I will be doing lots of traveling, the idea is kid of cute, in a way. But it also shows my creativity, while showing off my work.

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