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What is it like to be a professional photographer?

I'm curious what it's like to be a professional photographer, and how you get prepared for a career in photography.
Is there a special school you go to to become a photographer?
What exactly does a professional photographer DO?
Is there a job you can get when you're young to get prepared for a career in photography?
What is the average pay of a professional photographer?

Thanks for answers to any or all questions!

What's it like - great, terrible, frustrating, interesting, busy, you name it.

How to prepare - learn photography and business.

Special school - not necessary to get any specific qualifications for the vast majority of pro photography work

What does a pro do - whatever they are required to do. There are quite a number of different "specialities" and there are general practices. What you do depends on what you are shooting.

Job to prepare - photographers assistant, gofer in a decent studio

Average pay - no such thing as average pay. Some earn millions some earn very little. It depends on what field you are in and how hard you are prepared to work amongst other things.


GHJ - And people think I am rude.!!! The question was asking relevant things and not the normal - I am going to be pro what do I do. So your response was unwarranted.

Episode 7: the professional photographer's grip kit


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