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It depends on your goals and at what level you wish to reach in your career in terms of success: financial and otherwise.
An educated person would not be impressed by folders, advertising, web sites for a photographer that are limited in terms of literacy and contain grammar and spelling mistakes. Attention to detail is an expectation of most customers and businesses. Therefore a good general level of education is necessary to secure prominent well paying clients either individual or corporate.
If your plan is to run your own business in photography then good business and public relations skills and techniques need to be learned by most photographers. Marketing would also be helpful.
On the other hand, if you are working as a photographer within a company or organization then business courses may be less necessary but you may still require some understanding of how to work effectively within an organization.
Photography courses tend to be at two levels. The practical level tends to be geared toward completing photographic assignments from an administrator in an organization or doing basic portraits or event photography for an individual client. The administrative level tends more toward an understanding of the bigger picture or the role and effect of photography on people and organizations. How to write, plan, direct, and present photographic productions would also be part of this area. This admin level of course is designed for those who will progress from photographer to supervising photographers at some point. In the magazine area, the photographer who has to potential for promotion to art director or pĥotographic editor.
I have done both.
Hope this helps.
skieur
An educated person would not be impressed by folders, advertising, web sites for a photographer that are limited in terms of literacy and contain grammar and spelling mistakes. Attention to detail is an expectation of most customers and businesses. Therefore a good general level of education is necessary to secure prominent well paying clients either individual or corporate.
If your plan is to run your own business in photography then good business and public relations skills and techniques need to be learned by most photographers. Marketing would also be helpful.
On the other hand, if you are working as a photographer within a company or organization then business courses may be less necessary but you may still require some understanding of how to work effectively within an organization.
Photography courses tend to be at two levels. The practical level tends to be geared toward completing photographic assignments from an administrator in an organization or doing basic portraits or event photography for an individual client. The administrative level tends more toward an understanding of the bigger picture or the role and effect of photography on people and organizations. How to write, plan, direct, and present photographic productions would also be part of this area. This admin level of course is designed for those who will progress from photographer to supervising photographers at some point. In the magazine area, the photographer who has to potential for promotion to art director or pĥotographic editor.
I have done both.
Hope this helps.
skieur
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