Photography

1. About Career

Are you the photographer of your group? Do you love experimenting with different angles, filters and light effect while clicking a photo? Is photography more than a hobby for you? Is it your passion? If yes, why not make this your career.

Photography is one of those exciting professions where you can turn your hobby into a successful profession. Earlier, photography was a self-learned skill, but now many institutes have come up with specialised courses in photography. As a photographer, you should be very technology-savvy for using different cameras, photography softwares and editing tools. Also, you have to be extremely creative. You should understand the essence of lighting, object and other effects involved in photography.

With a great sense of awareness and hype being spread about photography, people now days hire a professional photographer for special events. There is a wide range of specialisation in this field, like wildlife, wedding, war, landscape, sports and many more.

Examples: Raghu Rai, Dabboo Ratnani, Atul Kasbekar, Dayanita Singh, and Sooni Taraporevala are some of the famous and successful Indian photographers.

2. Roles and Responsibilities of a Photography

• Photography

• • Use traditional or digital cameras, along with a variety of equipment, such as tripods, filters, and flash attachments.
  • Determine desired images and picture composition, selecting and adjusting subjects, equipment, and lighting to achieve desired effects.
  • Adjust apertures, shutter speeds, and camera focus according to a combination of factors, such as lighting, field depth, subject motion, film type, and film speed.
  • Create artificial light, using flashes and reflectors.

• Film, Video and Audio Editing

• • As a film or video editor, you will be responsible for assembling recorded raw material into a finished product that's suitable for broadcasting.
  • Digital technology, specialist computer software and high-quality digitisation of sound and pictures have effectively replaced the traditional manual method of cutting the film.
  • You need to reorder and fine-tune the content to ensure the logical sequencing and smooth running of the film/video.

3. Key Skills Required for Photography

• • Adobe Photoshop
  • Video Editing
  • Lighting Knowledge
  • Social Media Marketing

4. Salary and Demand for Photography

• Demand is High for Photography.


• Salary levels are High for Photography. For fresher average salary is more than 5 Lacs.


• Fees levels of the course is Medium. To pursue this course student need to spend 3 to 4 Lakhs.


• Level of preparation for Photography is Medium. Students spend 1 Year. to prepare for entrance test of Photography.

Industry Demand