This document discusses different types of commercial photography including advertising photography, fashion photography, music photography, sports photography, and photojournalism. Advertising photography aims to promote products and services through photographs. Fashion photography involves glamorous models and locations to showcase trends innovatively. Music photography includes album photography and concert photography. Sports photography covers team and individual athletic events. Photojournalism presents edited news material through photographs.
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Applications of photography
2. This is a type of photography that focuses on
the creation of photographs that will
publicly introduce the sale of a product or
services that will help to promote them.
The demand for advertising photographs has
increased over the years this is due to the
fact that the process of reproducing
photographs in print have developed and
improved and the cost of mass distribution
has decreased and now today it is
impossible to escape the bombardment of
photographic reproductions used for
advertising in newspapers, magazines,
catalogues, posters and Internet
Promotions. Advertising Photographers
range from a single-person studio to large
photography organisations.
3. Fashion is referred to as being one of the most
vibrant and exhilarating areas of Photography.
It consists of Glamorous models and exotic
locations and in the fashion industry there is a
high demand of originality and innovation.
Fashion Photographers need to be able to
understand fashion trends and be able to
deliver striking images in order to be popular
and to sell.
Fashion photographers will usually work in a
team that will include art directors, editors
along with other creative staff.
Fashion Photographers
commission depends on
where there photographs are
published, depending on if it
is on a billboard, catalogues,
magazines, newspapers.
4. This is another aspect of commercial
photography, this industry has seen many
changes that affect how a photographer
finds clients and promotes their talents.
Photography for music consists of photo
shoots being done for new albums or for
magazines etc. also there will always be a
professional photographer at gigs to take
pictures of the bands/artist as people feel a
deeper connection when they get to see a
band live and if they haven't been able to go
to the gig themselves then it has been
captured so that they can still see.
5. This is a genre of photography that
covers all the different types of
sports. This ranges from team sports
such as football or rugby or urban
sports such as snowboarding,
skateboarding and free running. This
type of photography usually applies to
photo journalism as a sports
photographer may be hired to take
photos for a specific sports magazine.
This is mainly used to cover specific
sport events. Many sports journalists
will hire a freelance sports
photographer to take images of the
event which they are covering.
6. This is a form of Journalism , the
collection and editing and presenting
news material that is suitable for being
published.