Aamir Khan's new blockbuster "3 Idiots" forced many peoples, parents and policymakers to again think about Indian education system and to choose different creative career options. In this film Farhan (R. Madhavan) who want to become a Wild Life Photographer, who came to study engineering because of Farhan's pressure, but his hobby led him to kick of the golder career option like Engineering.
However there is a big difference between reel and real life. But he was not wrong, as our nature is so beautiful which can attract anyone, like farhan many young persons living in this world want to shoot these amazing and beautiful creatures and scenes through his cameras, and many of them chooses it as profession and have become the wild Life Photographer. However it is not a easy way to go on!!Attractive profession with Passion for adventure:
Photographs is the only way of communication which does not requires Language to understand. Perhaps someone has said right that " a photo is worth ten thousand words". Photography is an art which requires technical knowledge with visual commands, and only those can understand this art which knows the silent language. Wild life photography is a field with full of excitement, with full of risks like living in forest, visiting different unknown places etc.
This profession mainly requires creativity although before choosing it as career option you must familiar with its rules and regulation. .Most important for successful Wild Life Photographer's good eye, which can recognize the beauty of nature. If you have a good quality camera but your are lacking of creativity it is very difficult to become excellent this field.
To become successful career in this career, you have to go through lot of struggle and with this you may be in the situation where you have to face wild animals, there is life risk in this profession, but if you will be successful you become famous. In past many incident has happened, and we often came to study that many photographers and documentaries makers has lost his life. A famous Wild life photographer has explained an incident in his blog that how a panther attacked him while making documentary of hunting a panther.
Challenges:
he biggest challenge in the field of photography is Updateion . y - have to update Yourself with new tools and lenses of Photography. The choice of the right view is also essential. You Must have to live a flexible lifestyle. Wait for a good photo is a key challenge, which may be from one day to many years.
Patience is the Key
You need lot of patience while working in this field, because you cannot do every thing in your own way, you may have to change your daily routine time to time. If you want to shoot an animal who hunts at night, then you have to wait many nights to wait for that until you can't get his images in your camera, you may have to wait many days, many nights, many weeks, many years also. I remembered a documentary which i watched i discovery channel where he has to wait 3 years in Himalayas mountain valley in pakistan to shoot a Icy panther or tiger which only found there.
Necessary qualifications
You can enter in this field after graduation. Many Government and private offers courses in the field of photography, although specialized course are not yet available for this sector. However many famous wild life photographers organizes their workshops in many places. You can take part in them and enhance your knowledge and creativity.
To become a good wild life photographer you need to the basics of photography. However this can be started as as hobby with a small digital camera. And after one of two year of experience professional entry can be done with SLR Digital Camera.
To become a good wild life photographer you need to the basics of photography. However this can be started as as hobby with a small digital camera. And after one of two year of experience professional entry can be done with SLR Digital Camera.
Education in Abroad:
After doing a basic course and getting some experience in photography you can moved to abroad. Many foreign universities offer specialization programs in the field of photography after that name and price on the international level, both can be achieved. Information about these universities and be found in Internet.
Employment opportunities
The demands of wild life photographers in Domestic and foreign wild life and Natures magazine is always remains. You can work as a free lancer with different corporates, wild life magazines, nature-wild life producers and TV Channels. In addition many Institutes working of Wild Life animals hires wild life photographers. Many Channels like National Geographic, Discovery, Animal Planet contracted wild life photographers for photographs. Many companies associated with making of ad films always required Wild Life Photographers.
Income Opportunities:
So for as this field was not popular in our country, so income opportunities is also limited. But after Globalization you can earn good money in this area. Freelancing has good scope. You can earn 10 to 20 thousands per month while working with different institutes. in addition you can work with some senior photographer as their assistant where you can earn 10-12 thousands per month as stipend and get chances to learn. However A good photographer can easily earn 1 lakh rs. per month.
Courses and institutions:
Two types of courses in photography are made diploma and certificate.
Names of major institutions are:
Indian Institute of Education and Advanced Studies in Development, Ahmedabad
Website: http://www.iideas.in
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad
Website: http://www.jntu.ac.in
College of Arts, Tilak Marg, New Delhi
AJK Mass Communication Center, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi,
Website: http://ajkmcrc.org/
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad,
Website : www.nid.edu
Shri Arbindo Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi,
Website : www.sac.ac.in
Center for Research Films and Television Art (Craft), 272, First Floor, Naharpur, Sector 7, Rohini, Delhi -85, Phone: 011-32416868, 32,916,868
Website: www.log2craft.org Website: www.log2craft.org
Creative Hut, Ahmedabad
Website: http://creativehut.org/
Delhi School of Photography
Website: http://www.delhischoolofphotography.com /
National Institute of photography, Mumbai
http://photoinstitutenip.com/
Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
Website: www.ddugu.edu.in
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