Becoming a Professional
Photographer
Table of Contents
1. Title Page______________________Page 1
2. Table of Contents_______________Page 2
3. Dear Reader_____________________Page 3
4. Photography Quote_______________Page 4
5. Photography comic strip_________Page 5
6. Cliff Lee photograph____________Page 6
7. Poem by Lewis Carroll___________Page 8
8. Photography Crossword__________Page 12
9. Article on Better Photography__Page 13
10. E-mail to a Professional_______Page 14
11. Article on How to Become a Photographer___________________Page 15
12. Photography Poem_______________Page 21
13. Comic Strip____________________Page 22
14. Notes Page_____________________Page 23
Dear Reader,
I appreciate the time that you are taking to read my paper about what I would love to do as my future job. I hope to educate to some extent as to what it takes to become a professional and what it photography means to me. I wanted to step away from the very deep, dark categories that other people write about and focus more on what makes me happy in life and how I want my life to be like.
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“There are no bad pictures; that's just how your face looks sometimes.”
― Abraham Lincoln
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Expository Essay Photography is a magical thing that captures moments so that they will never be forgotten and memories can be relived. Even though photography isn’t a well-paying job and as a major doesn’t branch into other job possibilities, I have liked photography since I was younger and would like to make a career out of it. This is because I am naturally drawn to taking pictures and capturing moments but I also realize that I won’t be a professional athlete so becoming a photographer will get me closer to the action. Photography is the art or practice of taking and processing photographs. And