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__**Photography in the Real World**__



Research Sources: http://www.dewitzphotography.com/photography-product-reviews/top-10-best-portrait-photographers-today/ http://www.snagajob.com/job-descriptions/portrait-photographer http://portraitinspiration.com/famous-portrait-photographers/ http://www.ehow.com/info_8214604_much-money-portrait-photographer-make.html

Portraiture photographers obviously shoot portraiture photographs, but the subject can vary based on the photographer and the reason why the photograph is being shot. Subjects can vary from any age, from young children to the elderly, portraiture photographs capture the life of an individual in their photographs.

Portraiture photographers cater directly to their client based on what the client wants. Most clients want realistic photographs as portraits are commonly hung in homes, or sent out on cards, or placed in wallets. Some clients may want a glamor look to their photographs, so the photographer must enhance the subject who is being photographed, and edit the shots to the clients liking. As well portraits are composed to tell a story or reveal something about the subject, so the photographer will have to work with expressions, and make their work expressionistic to create a successful photograph. Overall, in this branch of photography is it more about what the client wants rather than what the photographer wants. Whatever feel the client wants their portraiture to have, the photographer must carter to that and utilize their skills to be successful.

The salary for a portraiture photograph varies on who your employer is. Self employed portrait photographers can reach a professional salary of $52,000 a year. Average portrait photographers who work for a studio make $24,000 a year. Many photographers starting out will make around $17,000 while working with a portraiture company, like JC Penny for example. With time and experience portrait photographers can increase their pay in a company or as a self employed photographer. On average the hourly wage for a portrait photographer is between $8 and $10, professionals tend to make between $15 and $18.

Colleges do offer courses on portrait photography, but a college degree is not necessary for many beginning portrait photography jobs, especially if you are planning on being self employed. Many employers offer on the job training to train employees how to use equipment. A big part of landing a portraiture job is experience the more you work the more you have a chance of getting a better job and eventually a higher salary.

Portraiture photographers often work in a studio setting whether their own personal studio or a larger studio and company like JC Penny Portraits. A branch of portraiture photography is senior portraits or wedding portraits and these assignments could take a portraiture photographer out of their personal studio to a different location that their client prefers.

I think portraiture photography is a interesting profession because I think the art of capturing an individuals personality in a picture is not only a challenge but ends up being really beautiful and meaningful if successful. Also many homes have portraits in hung so this job is in demand, and the outlook for this job is supposed to increase by 13% in the years to come. Plus senior pictures are coming up for myself and I wanted to learn more about the job. Lastly, I enjoyed the portraiture unit in this course and I wanted to shoot some more photographs of portrait.

Portrait Photographers: Michael Muller - http://www.mullerphoto.com/#/ Édouard Boubat - http://www.kensjournal.com/featured-books/the-monograph-by-edouard-boubat-book-review/ Steven McCurry - http://stevemccurry.com/

I plan to set up a portraiture photo shoot in order to complete this assignment, Photography in the Real World. For my research, I researched a variety of artists who photograph portraits in a non-traditional setting. Some photographs take portraits in a studio setting, and this is what we think of when we think of getting our school picture taken, or family pictures, but I like the photographs that are shot in a specific setting with specific expressions, because I feel like they better represent the individual who is being photographed. For my series of images I plan to photograph my friends and family. I want each photo to connect to the next so I may chose to do three photographs of one individual or three to five pictures that are cohesive together, and each photograph could show something more about them. I really want to experiment with expression in this assignment because the photographs that I researched did a really good job showing emotion and personality through expression. To complete this project I plan to have a photo shoot this weekend with my friends in order to have pictures for the bridge check, and then I will begin editing photographs on Tuesday, and Thursday.