What is it like to be a professional photographer?

Anyway, the photographer industry is full of challenges, and I like photography very much, and the fun is very rich. And especially exercise yourself.

The experience is relatively average, because I have met a lot of strange customers, such as whether I am so beautiful, and always blame the photographer for not shooting well.

It's more annoying, because there are always people looking for you to introduce the camera, and many people want you to take pictures for free, and they tear it up every day. Everyone thinks they're amazing.

I like my profession more, being a photographer is what I like, doing what I like is happy, and now I have my own small photo studio.

Professional photography is actually quite hard, and you have to complete tasks on time. In the past, I envied this profession because they used equipment and film to be public. Now that the standard of living has improved, the equipment used by amateur lovers is no worse than that of the professional ones, and even surpasses them, looking at the "bird-fighting" team.

It's not interesting to do professional photography now, you can shoot if you want to shoot in your spare time, don't go if it's a bad day, arrange yourself by yourself, that's fun! Young people do this business for employment and food, two concepts.

I started studying photography in high school, and now I work as a wedding photographer, and I love this job every day when I can see the happy faces of the bride and groom, as well as the blessings of my family.

Since I became a photographer, I have to wake up early every day because I have to set up my shooting scene before customers come to take pictures, so that I don't delay the customers to take pictures.

I have been a photographer for seven years, from impatience and even annoyance at the beginning, to my current love, and all kinds of long and short lenses at home have also become my representatives.

Very hard job! Children with average family conditions, poor physical fitness, poor team spirit, poor learning, not modest, and not optimistic are not recommended to make themselves responsible photographers. Otherwise, it's good to be a hobby and be a ticket holder.

Sometimes it can feel like a hassle, because as a photographer, you have to get the right camera for you every day, and then you have to clean your camera and wash it every day.

How to say, I have never regarded photography as a profession, because it is an obsession of mine, I will sell cars to buy equipment, become a photographer now, and realize my dream.

I've been shooting in the studio for a while, and I can't shoot according to my own ideas, which is very annoying, and now I quit my job and become a freelance photographer, which is good as a hobby.

Like any other job, you should take a good picture of your customers every day, study more in your spare time, have a good attitude, learn from sister arts, and get inspiration.

I'm a rookie amateur. I like to travel, I fall in love with photography, which god can teach me how to adjust the aperture.

1. Receive professional training, or often read some professional training materials. In particular, some theoretical, data, and common sense must be known through professional learning, and it is not as good as simply shooting;

2. Practice more: Practice more for different shots under various lights, and be a caring person to remember various shooting effects with your heart. At the same time, we should also pay attention to the post-production and learn the PS processing of simple slag mold sheets;

3. Enter a specialized college to study, or master photography comprehensively and systematically through the discipline self-examination.

Tip 1: Take a photography course.

It's a lot easier to acquire photography knowledge now, in addition to photography**, celebrity blogs and photography forums, you can also learn a certain amount of photography knowledge through some simple columns. However, this method is more scattered and the speed of technical improvement is also slower, if you want to make the effect more obvious, it is recommended to spend 2-3 hours a week to enjoy the works of master photographers and cultivate your own "photographic eye". Of course, it may be better to be able to take some photography courses, so that you can greatly improve your photography skills through the life experience and experience of the instructor, and you can also communicate with like-minded classmates in the classroom and work together to develop some shooting plans and learning goals in a practical way, which is of course much better than sitting in front of the computer and learning photography by yourself.

Trick 2: Be a photography assistant.

There are no shortcuts to success, and as a portrait or wedding photographer, for example, it's best to work directly as an assistant to some well-known photographer and don't mind starting low. Through daily communication and cooperation with the lead photographer, you will learn about the process of a commercial shoot, as well as the skills to engage with clients and solve problems. As you gain experience, you'll have the opportunity to become a true partner of the lead photographer, helping the lead photographer take on some of the work, and in time, you can try to start your own business or consider becoming a partner of the original lead photographer in the business.

Tip 3: Engage in different forms of training at all times.

As the saying goes, "one minute on stage, ten years off stage", many photographers can break into the hall of fame, and it is not a fluke. If you spend an extra hour practicing every day, you will get more than others in a year.

Tip 4: Learn from your mistakes.

It is common for people to make mistakes, and we should learn from them, review the reasons for our failures, and find ways to improve them so that we don't make the same mistakes next time. Sometimes, you may gain more valuable experience and learn some special skills by making mistakes. And the most important thing is not to mess up when you encounter mistakes, as long as you have faith, you will one day move towards success.

Trick 5: There is no shortcut to fame.

No one in this world is born with good work. Every successful photographer has gone through the hard work day after day, year after year, and only in this way can they truly achieve fame and fortune.

Mattjaz: Rinpoche, should I be such a photographer? Am I making the right choice?

Pawo Rinpoche: I remember you asked a similar question last time.

Mattjaz: yes, I asked last time, and this time I'm hoping for another answer.

Pavo Rinpoche: I would say that in this samsara, because of our personal karma, we are born in different circumstances, and then, we meet all kinds of people, we do all kinds of things, and then we have different careers. For you, you are not unprovoked, completely unclear by your karma, but you are very aware of what is happening around you or what you are doing at every moment, and I think you can put this down to being right, you can say that is right.

If you can do that, maybe you can keep yourself in this so-called right concept or category. However, whether this is right or not is actually a contrivance, and when you feel that something is really right, maybe one day, you will feel that it is wrong; And what you think is wrong now, maybe when you look back at it, it may be right again.

Mattjaz: It's hard to be a more honest and friendly person, and I often try to help people, even if they don't express their needs, I do it, but some people don't respond kindly.

Rinpoche: First of all, I want to congratulate you, your heart, your enthusiasm and your kindness are amazing. When we treat others well and feel that we are not being treated equally, then there must be an expectation in our hearts.

Actually, our hurt doesn't come from not being treated equally, but from our heart, the heart we want to be treated equally, and that's where the hurt comes from. The so-called hurt emotions come from what we create, we define them, no one person can stuff you with a certain emotion, or there is an external environment that can stuff it into you, everything depends on our own desires.

Mattjaz: I should throw out some concepts.

Pavo Rinpoche: So, you can do some exercises and try to get rid of the desire to "give something back to me" as much as possible, which is one of them. Second, try not to think too much about yourself helping others – thinking too much about the help itself, such as your own giving, or the sense of superiority that comes from helping others.

Third, try not to expect too much from the people you're helping.

Mattjaz: I understand that I don't feel like God has saved others.

Pavo Rinpoche: You know, we're not talking about that kind of overly high vision, for example, even if you help others, you shouldn't have a concept of "helping", as long as you have that concept, as long as you think that you are helping, that you are positive, then that attachment will naturally be in it.

Pavo Rinpoche in conversation with photographer Mattjaz (bottom).

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