Name: Mikaela Kraft

Career Research Guide Worksheet

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Your job title (be specific): Photoraph
!ob o"er"ie#$What the% do (Pro"ide a pararaph descriptio& of the job' What #ould a t%pical da% o& the job
look like():
) photoraph tells a stor% throuh imaer% from photos of people to e"e&ts to places' *here a couple differe&t
photoraphers there is portrait photorapher+ commercial photorapher+ scie&tific photorapher+
photojour&alists+ aerial photorapher+ a&d fi&e arts photorapher' Portrait photorapher take pictures of people
a&d oi& to e"e&ts' Commercial photorapher take pictures of thi&s that o i&to book+ ad"ertiseme&ts a&d
catalos' ,cie&tific photorapher take pictures of scie&tific or medical data' Photojour&alists take pictures for
illustrate stories+ tele"isio& &e#s broadcasts+ &e#spapers+ maa-i&es' )erial photorapher takes pictures of
the la&dscapes' .i&e arts photorapher sell their photos to the
public as if the% #ere pieces of art'
Worki& co&ditio&s (/ours %ou ca& e0pect to #ork( Risk of i&juries( *ime of da%$time of %ear(
1&doors$outdoors( Clothi& re2uired( 3tc4):
.or Portrait photoraphers #ork i& studio but ma% ha"e to tra"el to accommodate their clie&ts5 &eeds'
Commercial photoraphers sometimes #ork i& a studio but also tra"el i& order to do o&6locatio& photo shoots'
Photojour&alists also tra"el from their cou&tr% to the #orld+ #hich sometimes #ill fi&d themsel"es i& da&erous
areas i& order to et a &e#s#orth% e"e&t' ) third of photoraphers #ork part time' ,chedules are irreular a&d
i&clude e"e&i&s+ #eeke&ds a&d holida%s+ but there are some that are seaso&al+ such as portrait
photoraphers that speciali-e i& #eddi&s'
1t sometimes the photos #ill be taki& outside or i&side a&d some #ith clothi& if %ou oi& a formal occasio&
%ou7ll #ear somethi& &icer tha& if %ou it #as more casual'
,alar% (#hat #ae ca& %ou e0pect to ear&():
,alar% oes from 89:+;;; to 8:<+;;;'
.uture outlook (#ill this job be i& dema&d i& the future( Wh%$#h% &ot():
*he &umber of photoraphers has decreased slihtl% o"er the past fe# %ears' )s these tre&ds are likel% to
co&ti&ue i& the &e0t fe# %ears'
Post-Secondary Institute!rainin" Pro"ram #$
) #ebsite for school$trai&i& o& photoraph%
http:$$m'diitalartschool'com$kelo#&a$diital6photoraph%
%ocation and name of pro"ram& (Where the school is located' What is the &ame of the proram( )lso tell us #h% this
school appeals to %ou)
't (e)owna secondary schoo) they ha*e a photo"raphy $+ course. !his schoo) is appea)s to me ,ecause I "o
there a)ready.
-ost& (first %ear )N= total cost of proram+ i&cludi& tuitio&+ books+ a&d supplies)
1f pla&&i& o& atte&di& a major u&i"ersit%: ###'%ou'ubc'ca to calculate a& appro0imate cost
1f pla&&i& o& atte&di& a collee: ###'oka&aa&'bc'ca$tuitio& to calculate a& appro0imate cost
Pre-re.uisites of pro"ram& (courses %ou &eed to be taki& i& hih school i& order to et i&+ re2uired GP))
What are > related occupatio&s %ou could take if this o&e did&7t #ork out for %ou (#hat #ould %ou do if %ou
do&7t e&d up doi& this career a&d #h%(): If I don/t "et this career the three thin" I wou)d do is work fu)) time at
my carnet 0o, at I))ichmnn/s ,ecause if I/m in schoo) I wi)) pro,a,)y work part time. 1ust in case it doesn/t work
out.
If I can/t "et a 0o, in a studio for photo"raphy2 I cou)d c)oud photo"raphy as a ho,,y and do 0ust friends2 fami)y.
%ast thin" wou)d ,e try a different career in photo"raphy )ike commercia) photo"rapher2 scientific photo"rapher2
photo0ourna)ists2 aeria) photo"rapher2 and fine arts photo"rapher
)&d most importa&tl%4
Wh% are %ou i&terested i& this career( (/o# lo& ha"e %ou bee& i&terested i& it( What led %ou to #a&ti& this
job( /o# does it suit$fit %our perso&alit%+ i&terests+ characteristics+ stre&ths+ etc4(): 1 /a"e al#a%s ki&d of
lo"e taki& pictures of &ature+ frie&ds+ famil%+ a&d ma&% other thi&s' 1 lo"e ho# %ou ca& e0pires %ourself or tell
a stor% i& a picture' You do&7t ha"e al#a%s take pictures of people'