The Photography Industry – Introduction

Those Involved With the Photography Industry

  • Photographers
    • Freelancers
      • Pay taxes, employees etc
    • In House
  • Editors
    • Choose images for publications
    • Employ freelancers
  • Post Production
    • Retouching
  • Curators
    • Belong to/own galleries.
    • Choose works for display
  • Assistants
    • Photographers
    • Assist with lighting and props etc
  • Buyers
  • Agents
  • Models
  • Stylists
  • Galleries
    • Prints/exhibitions
  • Publishers
  • Picture Libraries
  • Equipment Hire/Studios/Location Finders
  • Start Up Companies

Different Types of Photography

  • Food
  • Product/Still Life
  • Architecture
  • Interior
  • Portrait
  • Street
  • Landscape/Cityscape
  • Analogue (35mm, Medium Format)
  • Travel
  • Wedding
  • Sport
  • Wildlife
  • Underwater
  • Aerial
  • Advertising
  • Forensics
  • Boudior/Art Nude
  • Fine Art

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You can use the Association of Photographers website to search for photographers, assistants, agents, and affiliated courses and associate; refining results by area of expertise, experience level, and location.

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Professional Online Presence

It is important as a photographer to have a professional presence on the internet, to allow photographers to display both commissioned and personal work.

The main platforms that are recommended are Instagram and Twitter, on top of a personal website, but other the more platforms you use, the more likely you are to gain exposure.

Personally, I have an Instagram devoted to just photography, a Facebook business page (which I need to update more frequently), and, more recently, a website created through Squarespace, as a Flickr page. I am yet to create a professional Twitter page, however.


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