Makayla_Career

http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/graphicdesign (Research on careers.) http://www.digitalpicturezone.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/portrait-photography.jpg (Portrait #1.) http://justinhackworth.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/utah-portrait-photography-6.jpg (Portrait #2.) http://www.digitalpicturezone.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/portrait-photography1.jpg (Portrait #3.) http://www.livingpictures.org/portraitphotography.htm (Research on portrait photography.) http://www.best-photography-courses.com/portrait-photography-courses.html (Research on schooling.) http://myfootpath.com/careers/art-design/photographer/ (Research on salaries, schooling, and how to get started.)

1. These photographs all explain what it is I am thinking about as a career in design. My career is portrait photography, and each one of these photographs explain this career field. Because portrait photography is all about taking photographs of people, I got pictures of just that.

2. Portrait photography is taking photographs of people that evoke a certain mood or emotion. These photographs are sometimes for a certain event-like a wedding or pregnancy-or just to remember a certain period of someone's life.

3. A person who would like to take on the career of portrait photographer needs certain skills to meet the needs of their clients. They need to obviously have a good idea of how to take pictures, and how to create a sense of emotion, and good communication skills to get across the personality of the client. They also need a good attitude, because not all clients (or no clients) are professionals at modeling, so you have to be able to work with them and not have a bad attitude towards them.

4. Typically, for those who are hiring portrait photographers, look for people who have attended a 4 year college, however, it is not a required thing for this career. However, most agencies look for those who took classes at an art or photography school.

5. Starting out as a portrait photographer, you typically only make a small salary of $18,000 a year. Eventually you can make up to $39,000 a year. Typically salaried photographers make more than freelance photographers, though.

6. To get started as a portrait photographer, you have to have an internship to learn the skills and more about the trade. Also, you need a portfolio of your past portraits, so your clients and potential boss can see what type of photographer you are, and what you like to do.

7. A typical day in the field of portrait photography can vary. One day you can be looking for a client, the next you can be getting to know your client and more about them, you can also be actually taking the portraits of the client, or you can be touching up the photographs.

8. For my self promotional piece I think that I'm going to take a photograph of someone and write down my information somewhere on them so that my information is included in my portrait.

9. My idea for my self promotional piece clearly explains and illustrates the idea of me wanting a job as a portrait photographer because it's a portrait of a person, while also being very creative while including my information actually on the person.

10. (Resources/cited sources on the top of the page).