Wednesday, January 15, 2014

College and Career Assignment

Yessica Alejandre
Robertson
Photo 1
01/15/14

College and Career Assignment

Commercial photography appealed to me because I enjoy taking pictures of people and setting them up in unique ways to make them stand out and make it look like a beautiful picture. I would mainly be interested in portrait photography because I prefer taking pictures of people rather than events, even though I would enjoy that too.

The pros of going into commercial photography or attending a school like Cornish of the Arts  is that there are various options of what it is I can photograph. I can be a photographer for advertisements, weddings, people and at Cornish they also focus on art, dance, music and I feel like they would host events that would have really unique beautiful things to photograph and capture.

Cornish of the Arts offers a Prominent in Artist Trust Grant to financially assist students. This past year there were a total of 62 recipients out of 600 applications and they were able to receive up to $1,500 for projects in all artistic aspects.

The college program is designed to go up to four years, the number of credits we take is ones choice. Associate is two years and Bachelors four years.

Average yearly earnings for commercial photographers is 30,000 with an associate’s degree needed. Job growth is 12% and it’s stated to be competitive.

One interesting fact I learned from the college website is that for a school such as Cornish of the Arts the classes are really all about art and nothing else, you’re like experimenting and doing things hand on all day rather than studying .

 

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