Rush,
I'd go the workshop route. Find a day job in another field if it is an occupation you need. In photo biz you are unlikely to find time to do the work you really love. If you enjoy academics and have a lot of $$ get the MA in art history or something. Having a spouse with a good carreer is probably the best advice.
AZ
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Subject: Re: Photography school -academics vs workers
From: Herschel Mair <herschelmair@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, March 05, 2007 1:07 am
To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students
<photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
A COUPLE OF POINTS
1. You only need a degree in photography if you intend to teach.
I have been a working photographer for 35 years and NOBODY ever asked me for
academic credentials except for teaching posts.
2. Wildlife/landscape photography and fine-art photography are about as far
apart as two idioms could get in photography. Most wildlife photography is done
by very well equipped amateurs these days.
To be a professional photographer you need a good amount of skill but a greater
amount of salesmanship and some very good contacts
Taking photogra phs COSTS money... Selling photographs earns money.
The best way to learn photography is to set yourself specific projects and
assignments within a time-frame and go out and shoot, shoot, shoot. Then
assess your result critically. I set my first-year students a goal of 200
images a week.
As they get better quality replaces quantity
Herschel Mair
--- rush rouge <pixelrouge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> My main interests would be Fine Art / Wildlife !!
Herschel Mair
Head of the Department of Photography,
Higher College of Technology
Muscat
Sultanate of Oman
Adobe Certified instructor
+ (986) 99899 673
www.herschelmair.com
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