Employability/ connecting with audiences
In Morag’s lecture, we spilt into few groups and came up ideas that options for a photographer can work, also, discussing who is the client then she shared a useful website that giving information clearly about each creative industry, they also support young creators on training and jobs.
- Health & Welfare: NHS, Insurance company, medical- Skin condition, uniform services, fitness/personal training.
- Charities: Children’s charity, Oxfam, Editorial (Disaster relief), animal charity
- Advertising & Editorial: beauty industry (hair, dressing, make-up, fashion etc.), cars, showrooms.
- Press: war photography
- Public Relations: festival, sharing company, networking.
- Architectural & Aerial: National Trust,.
- Film & Television: famous actor, TV industry, local papers and news, employer funding (movie).
- Photographic sales: marketing, exhibition.
- Picture Research: Editor.
Website:Creative Skillset - Supporting Creative Industries
Direction for photographer to look at:
⇩ If I enter into 'Job Roles' page.
⇩ You can search the type you want.
⇩ If I enter to the Assistant page, there are lots of infromation for photographers who want to start as a assitant.
⇩ Details.
⇩ Suit or not.
From this lesson, I found that images are always needed in lots of ways, and the website is really useful that gives you details and helps you understand more about photograph industry. I’m keen on product and food, I think the direction is starting as an Assistant in studio, and it might work in outside as well. Another way is cooperating for small company firstly to begin my career. No matter which is the best way, I think the most important thing is understanding myself to know who I am so that I won’t lose myself on the next steps.
Reference:
Creativeskillsetorg. 2017. Creativeskillsetorg. [Online]. [10 December 2016]. Available from: https://creativeskillset.org
Images from:
- Uttam Kumar, (2014), Career options [ONLINE]. Available at: http://betterphotography.in/features/photographer/14070/ [Accessed 8 December 2016].
- ADMEC Multimedia Institute. (2014). Professional Photography Fundamentals [PowerPoint Slides].Retrieved from https://www.slideshare.net/admecinstitute/photography-fundamentals
- Creativeskillsetorg. c2017. Assistant Photographer. [Online]. [10 December 2016]. Available from: https://creativeskillset.org/creative_industries/photo_imaging/job_roles/374_assistant_photographer
