Career as a Fashion Photographer

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• Meet with the designers to prepare a unique concept for the photo shoot
• Schedule the photo shoot
• Manage finances and keep up with client
• Directing on set an instructing to models
• Edit the image to meet the requirements

Skills Required:

• Excellent understanding of digital photography
• Understanding of latest photography equipments
• Understanding of latest and famous image editing tools like photoshop 
• Should be creative
• Must have  a pleasant personality and interpersonal skills to make model comfortable  and relax
• Must have communication and organization skills to work with a team
• Time management skills to meet the deadlines
• Flexibility to travel at different locations at short notice
• Work effectively under pressure
• Excellent networking skills

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Steps to pursue this career:

1. Learn Photography: Join a professional photography course at any reputed institute and learn the professional photography, handling the latest equipments to pursue this career.

2. Learn the editing skills: Along with photography skills, you have to learn the image editing tools like photoshop as you just don't have click the photos but need to edit them also.

3. Understand fashion: To be creative and competent, you need to understand fashion and fashion industry. This will help you in understanding the latest trends, styles and help you in finding how can you make links and do marketing your work.

4. Join as Assistant Photographer:  This is a field where you need experience to succeed. So in the beginning you should join an already established photographer or fashion house as an assistant photographer. This will let you gain experience and understand the industry.

5. Create your portfolio: Create a portfolio of your best photographs. This will help you in landing a job in a fashion magazine or fashion houses. This will also let others know that you have the skills and can work in this genre. 

6. Get an agent: The agents will help you in promoting your work and land you a job in this competitive field. So after you have a good and impressive portfolio ready, hire an agent to step into this industry.