Who is a photographer? A photographer is a person who creates images with a camera. A photograph means light, and Graph means drawing, and a photographer is a person who draws with light). Generally, a professional photographer takes photos and makes money with them for a living, but amateurs make it as a hobby. When photography was born it was expensive to create pictures, only rich people could have photos of themselves or family. Slowly, with development and technology, photography became popular among normal people.
Professional Photographer
A professional photographer might be an employer in a company. For example, they can work for a newspaper, or they can be a freelancer and work for an event wedding, or portrait. Professional photographers can specialize in one topic like Fashion & Beauty, Portraits, Fine art, Events, Weddings, Sports, Documentary, Street, Still life, and Advertising Photography.
FASHION & BEAUTY PHOTOGRAPHY
A fashion photo is taken to advertise the fashion brand and clothing made by fashion designers or brands. Photos will be used in print at physical shops and stores or billboards and posters. Editorial Fashion Photography is the photos mostly published in fashion magazines and fashion blogs.
PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY
Portrait photography or portraiture is a type of photography in which the photographer tries to capture the personality of the person. light and character of the light have a strong effect on the result of the portraits.
One of my favorite portrait photographers in the History of art is Yousuf Karsh, he is a master photographer of the 20th century.
This kind of photography is one of the most popular types of photography in my opinion and one of my favorites. All of us need a portrait of us for using them in our documents and ID cards, which is also called Biometric photography. But in general, parking portraits of people are so interesting for me, everyone having a story behind the eyes. Sad and happy stories, me personally, when I take portraits I’m focusing on the eyes of my subject. Eyes are so important to me Because eyes are the doors for getting into the world of the person and reading everything about them. See my photos here
FINE ART
I studied Fine art and this is one of the types. To me, photography is a medium for expressing my feelings, and it’s my artistic language. First, when photography was born, it was a since, it was technique, but soon some artists started to add the artistic aspect to photography and see it as an art. Also, photography affected painting. In the past, painters were making portraits of politicians and rich people of the countries. When photography was born, it was able to make a picture from everything. Painters started to think about it and in the end, it was the reason that all artistic movements were born. Here you can see my Fine art projects.
EVENT
When photographers need to cover events like Concerts, Festivals, Parties, cultural events, award ceremonies, Film Festivals, Political meetings. Event photographer, photographing leaders and professionals, top politicians, Council Presidents, Prime Ministers, and Car industry events Like Mercedes-Benz or photographing for IT and technology company events such Google, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok. More here
WEDDING
Bride or Wedding photography is a photography type that is connected to all wedding and marriage ceremonies. Nearly we can say the portrait before the wedding from the couple. In the beginning, most wedding photographers were mostly taking photos with analog cameras and wedding photography was expensive for new compels. Since digital photography was born, wedding photography has been affordable, and now I would say is way cheaper, for this reason, couples are hiring a wedding photographer to capture special moments for them. More
SPORT
Sports photography is a type of photography that covers every game and sporting event, capturing the behind-the-scenes action of the game and the players. This type of photography helps to promote brands, athletes, and sports. More
DOCUMENTARY
Photographs that are used for documenting stories, places, or any actions that are hidden from the public are documentary photos. Documentary photos historically are important, for example, pictures from Egypt or the first archeological projects in history, and photos from World War 1 and 2. All the photos of the important buildings that were damaged in the war are documentary. More here.
STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
Street photography is a type of photography that happens in public places without giving direction to the subject. Most of the time, the goal is capturing the right moment. Street photography might focus on people and their behaviors in public places. However, the photographer should respect the privacy of the subjects. After data protection rules, street photography came with more rules and restrictions on people and showing their faces. More
STILL LIFE
Product Photography, Food, and Jewelry Photography are all kinds of photographs in this category. In this kind of photography, the photographer has more flexibility compared to portrait or nature photography. Composition and lighting in still photography are important.
ADVERTISING
When the approach of the photo is Helping the brand to sell the product or service, we call it advertising photography. Advertising photographers are the most Technical photographers in lighting and using software. If you want to become an advertising photographer, you need to choose your specialization and buy technical equipment. For the next step, you need to create a portfolio to show to potential clients as a reference. More
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