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Originally Posted by Quincy Fourwings, I have a question for you. You Said you're a wildlife photographer, is that professionally?? How do you become one? I'm building up a portfolio because that's what I'd kinda like to do, either that or in research for nature docs, although i don't really know if I'm all that good at it. So you have to take a media course or anything?Quincy |
Hi Quincy - I'm only semi-pro at the moment, although I have just started my own small buisness selling natural history prints, photo greetings cards etc.... I still work full time in agriculture, for now anyway
Building an extensive portfolio is an excellent start - its what I did & infact still am doing.
Try approaching graphic designers, publishers etc.... they are quite often after good natural history images and are usually more than happy to deal with individual photographers rather than trawling through endless photo libraries for that certain shot - its an approach that has worked for me.
I have also done commission work for designers, but there are certain pitfalls involved in this route, working to an exact brief can be awfully frustrating when the wildlife or animals dont co-operate, plus your images can still be rejected even after spending the time & effort to take them
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