Comments on: Should I ditch photography School?

By: admin

admin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:02:11 +0000

Thanks for the comment Eric and i wish you the best of luck! even though you will be learning tons of general stuff, try to focus early on the type of photography you love to do. Photography is great work if you can get it. Web design is also a GREAT choice for a degree.
Best — Marko

By: Eric Pepin

Eric Pepin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:57:58 +0000

As a person who has just applied to a 2 year photography program heres my view on it. My school has hundreads of thousands of dollars worth of lenses and camera bodies to use, things i could not afford for years. Also my school has medium format and 4x5 cameras, again things that even if i read up on I would be hard pressed to get enough hours on to become skilled with them. Top it all off with two large proffesional studios with all the lighting and backdrops and you start to see why it is financially the best course of action. With the 7 or 8 ish photographers who teach in the program i get seminars everyday ranging from wildlife photography, product shoots and full on fashion shoots, all things impossible to emulate as a begginer trying to teach themselves.

Ive looked into both options but my mind is set, after i get my web design degree im doing photography, doing it alone can work sure, but with propre instruction full time and instant feedback i feel i could accomplish so much more and get there so much faster.

By: Bambi

Bambi — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:22:33 +0000

“So what do you think ‚” Is photography school a waste of time?”

I like to think that no learning is wasted. But then I am optimistic

However, I totally get your point about it being better to do self learning if you want to be a professional. The self-learning though only works if you are disciplined enough to do it on your own. Some people would do better in a structured program to keep them on track.

I know very little about professional photography so I have a question: is it a lack of knowledge regarding what is out there for employment which leads to the 20–25% estimate? Does everyone want to work independently?