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The Essential Student Guide to Professional Photography

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The Essential Student Guide to Professional Photography by Grant Scott serves as a comprehensive reference for photography students wishing to enter the professional world. It clarifies what it means to be a professional photographer today, covering key topics such as developing a unique photographic style, choosing a specialty, exploring moving images, website creation, self-presentation, promotion, legal knowledge, and marketing strategies. The book also offers practical and inspirational projects to help students begin their photographic education.
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This guide is ideal for photography students and aspiring professional photographers seeking clear, practical advice on launching and sustaining a photography career.

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This easily accessible, essential reference for photography students embarking on their education explains how to become part of the professional community.

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The Essential Student Guide to Professional Photography by Grant Scott is an indispensable reference for photography students looking to integrate into the professional community. By defining professional photography today and exploring what is expected of professional photographers, the book demystifies this often-misunderstood and misjudged career track.

The easily accessible text provides readers with valuable information, inspiration, and education on various topics. These include developing your photographic voice, finding your area of specialisation, exploring the moving image, building a website, and understanding self-presentation, promotion, legal aspects, and marketing.

Additionally, the book features inspirational projects designed for students as they embark on their education in photography.

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Professional Photography praises the author’s extensive industry experience and the book’s practical advice, highlighting valuable insights for young photographers starting their careers.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138805323

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 July 2015

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 82 Halftones, color

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 360g

Pages: 182

About the Author

Grant Scott began working as a professional photographer in 2000 after working for fifteen years as an art director of photography books and magazines such as Elle and Tatler. His images and photographic narratives bring together his experience working with some of the greatest photographers of the last century with his graphic and journalistic talents. He has edited Professional Photographer, Photography Monthly, and Turning Pro magazines in the UK and is now a freelance photographer and senior lecturer on the Editorial and Advertising Photography BA Hons degree course at the University of Gloucestershire. He is also the founder and curator/editor of www.unitednationsofphotography.com. His photography monographs include, At Home with the Makers of Style, Thames & Hudson, 2006 and Crash Happy, CafΓ© Royal Books, 2014 and his work is held in the permanent collections at MOMA, New York, Tate, London, Victoria & Albert Museum, London and the British Library. He is also the author of Professional Photography: The New Global Landscape Explained, published by Focal Press in 2014. In 2015, he was made a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in the UK.

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