There is a lot of benefit between a well rounded photographer. Why, sometimes a photographer is needed for more than one type of photography on a specific assignment. However there is a difference between a well rounded photographer and a Jack of all trade photographer lets break down this in this article.
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You know the phrase “a jack of all trades, a master of none”? When it comes to hiring a professional photographer, the “jack of all trades” type is typically the kind people want to avoid. Photography has so many specialities which you cannot master all in a lifetime. However, some photographers try every speciality, spread themselves too thin and are not a master of none. The way to tell a well rounded photographer and a jack of all trade is their sample work or portfolio. So, I am here to help you avoid being a “Jack of all Trade”
So, what does it mean to become a well rounded photographer?
Sometimes there are assignments that have overlapping specialities of photography. An example is a wedding photographer. In a wedding there are several specialties that a wedding photographer has to specialize:- Portraiture, events, macro and/or even more.
Another example:-
A new restaurant has just opened up and the owner wants some pictures done for the restaurant’s website and website. There are several specialties overlapping in such an assignment; food photography, architecture, Corporate headshots. If the owner was to hire individual photographers for each speciality, the spend will be too much for a start. That is why a well rounded photographer is a better bargain for such an assignment. So the question is, how do you become a well rounded photographer?
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Identify related specialities
There are specialities that are related and others are not. From the examples given earlier, specialities in a wedding assignment are relatable. Specialities involved in the restaurant assignment are relatable. First is to admit that you can’t master all specialities in photography. However in every genre you want to follow there are those that interlock. Understand the related species and start from there.
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Invest in yourself
If you have to be well rounded, then your work has to show for it. This is where investing in yourself comes in. You invest in yourself in two ways:
- Equipment
Equipment to pull of any assignment available across the specialities
- Self education
Education to give you the technical know-how on how to use the equipment and create to the clients satisfaction. This can be through youtube, courses, internship and collaborations. Whichever you choose, make sure it’s to add value to make you a better creative.
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Have an admirable portfolio
After you have chosen the specialties and you are working on improving yourself and technical capabilities like equipment, now you need a great portfolio to show your clients. The difference between a well rounded photographer and a jack of all trade is their work. A jack of all trade is good at nothing, but a well rounded photographer is good at the specialities they double.
Hope this has been educational to you as a photographer. This could also work to you if you are a filmmaker and you could become a well rounded filmmaker. Another way visual creatives are becoming well rounded is a filmmaker also being good at photography and a photographer being a filmmaker. In this era of digital content creation and modern content creation, the demand for well rounded creatives for projects is increasing. If you would want to take that approach that is why we created this video to get you prepared.
Remember that we are not advocating for an all rounded photographer or filmmaker because that is impossible. We are talking about a well rounded photographer or filmmaker who is good at what their specialities are.
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