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A place to politely discuss the tools, technique and culture of photography.

This is not a good place to simply share cool photos/videos or promote your own work and projects, but rather a place to discuss photography as an art and post things that would be of interest to other photographers.

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Wanting to get into photography as a career (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by ASAPblazeTTV@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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I am 19 years old and always enjoyed taking pictures of the outdoors and animals but not until the last few months did I actually start realizing I take some top tier photos. I’ve talked to a few people and understand a few ways it’s possible to start but I figured who better than the power of social media.

If anyone has any bit of hints or tips on how to kind of get my name out there that would be a dream come true.

I have plenty of photos I can send to show some of my work if need be!

Thank you to anyone who helps even the slightest🍻

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[–] rodneyfan@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Two things:

- being successful in photography means being successful in business. If you don't know how to run a business you will almost certainly fail your dream. That means promoting yourself, marketing your photography, understanding contracts, and keeping track of income and expenses. It's okay to get someone to help you but you have to know the basics.

- there is an entire world beyond reddit and instagram. Do yourself a favor and find it. There are tons of real life photographers you could talk with. Having the curiosity to even google "How do photographers " will teach you far more than you will ever learn in this sub. Social media does not have all the answers.

Learn to help yourself. You could take the best pictures in the world (there's probably lots of people who would debate you on that) but if no one can find you and you don't make more money than you spend, you'll be working somewhere else in 5-years.