Research project November 13th Fine Art Portrait Photography

• Fine Art Portrait Photography
• Employment opportunities can be local, national, international and self emploment.
• Buyers/customers- wedding couple, engagement, maternity, baby, family, authors, entertainment industry, sporting organizations and schools.
• Education-associates degree, bachelors degree, on the job experience, knowledge of the equipment.

• To get started you can try and get an assisting position or a paid or unpaid internship with a professional photographer.

• Typical work week/day varies and depends on the customers schedule and if you are self employed or work for someone else.
• Pricing structure local sitting fee $80.00 in studio at a location $250.00 sitting fee. national(Miami) was 300.00 in studio or out of studio and it included 1 11x14 and 16 wallets.
•  Salary between 14,000-54,748 the median falling in between. However, you can make over 100,000.
• Professional organization  PPA “Professional photographers of America” networking Twitter and facebook.
• Advise- get as much experience and education as you can and love what you do.
• Summary, after researching the different photography career paths I would still be interested in doing Fine Art Portrait Photography. 
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