Career Advice on Professional extreme sports photography?
I’m in my last year at secondary school and have a huge interest in extreme sports and have been taking amateur pictures for a couple of years, mainly BMX and trials. I’ve always been interested in making it my career, can anyone give advice on how to start along this path? Could i get an apprenticeship in this area or would a university course be best?
I’m not sure about apprenticeship but i doubt there is a university course that teach extreme sports photography exclusively… but if you do take it, you will learn other styles and techniques in photography that you might be able to use when taking pictures of extreme sports… it will also help you connect with people of similar interest… my best advice is to keep on doing what you do and also to look at other photographers who are known in this field and learn from them… whether or not you go get a degree in photography is up to you
I raced dirt motorbikes for years, there was always someone there that had photos for sale.
Capturing the right moment was always the key, along with the right angle, good focus and the availability.
If you work on it paying for your play, word gets around and you could submit a few pix (free) to the mags.
If they think your stuff is up to snuff is where it gets exciting. Maybe!
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I’m not sure about apprenticeship but i doubt there is a university course that teach extreme sports photography exclusively… but if you do take it, you will learn other styles and techniques in photography that you might be able to use when taking pictures of extreme sports… it will also help you connect with people of similar interest… my best advice is to keep on doing what you do and also to look at other photographers who are known in this field and learn from them… whether or not you go get a degree in photography is up to you
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Check this website out, see if you can contact the man.
http://www.victorlucas.com/
Also google his name, Victor Lucas and have a look at the nut-cases on bikes on a cliff path. Then wonder how he managed to photograph them from above without getting killed.
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