First impression of the photography and video industry is that it seems like there’s a lot of work that goes into it. There’s a lot of set designing and a lot of planning and processing that goes into just one shoot. I have a peer in my new media class who is constantly having shoots to do. They have a very good time management skills. Working in the industry I feel like you have to have that sort of skill come naturally to you. You always have to constantly collaborate with new people that you haven’t really met before. I feel like as a design student we are collaborating with each other a lot but with the photography people the aspect of having like a new model each time means that you have to have good people skills. You also can’t be shy as well, if you’re directing a model and you want to bring your vision to life you can’t be afraid to tell somebody to do something. I also believe that Visual design students are very aware of their surroundings. They have a different sense of the world than most people do. You have to be able to learn how to work with lighting and shading not just on a computer screen but in the physical world. I feel like the learning curve with learning how to do lighting and shading with lights with props and people is a very large one. There’s another thing they say about lighting on people that is really important as well. I believe I don’t photograph well but that’s because I don’t know my angles. I’ve been around myself for years and I still don’t know my angles very well but a photographer would look at me and in one second be aware of what my good side or bad side is and they would know how to pose me. Also the idea of trying to find a visually appealing environment or making a visually appealing environment is otherworldly to me. I feel like somebody that is very skilled in photography can make any anything look appealing. I feel like a very good photographer can tell the whole story with their picture. When a photographer takes a picture it’s very much different from when I take a picture. I’m having a good time with friends and I’m in the car somebody just told a joke, I’ll just turn the camera around and take a picture of everybody in the car, but when I look back at the picture I can’t remember what was happening in that moment. I feel like photographers have this insight to tell the full story. I feel like you would have to know a lot about human perspective as well. If you’re trying to sell a product you have to make it appealing enough to catch somebody’s eye. So you have to know the psychology behind placement and color. That is something that would come with a lot of experience I believe, only trial and error could produce a product that is visually appealing and can capture the correct emotion that you want people to perceive. In conclusion the visual design Industry is fast. People are constantly moving and constantly being rotated in and out. Time management skills are very important, visual knowledge is very important, and people skills are very important.
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