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There are lots of different types of photography, which might take you to the high street, to weddings, to national events, or foreign climes. If you're interested in pursuing a career, then we've got the following information on Brilliant Careers.

High Street photographer

Advertising, editorial and fashion photographer

Commercial and Industrial photographer

Staff photographer

Newspaper photographer



Starting your own photography business

If you're serious about starting your own photography business, then check out the Real Deal for the low down on making your photography idea happen.

Starting a career: the expert advice
Martin Parr has risen through the photography ranks to the highest level and is now a Magnum photographer. But he started somewhere - Butlins in this case! We will be interviewing him soon to get his advice on how to get started in photography.



If you're interested in photography and want to take it further, there are various lines of career that you can follow. Your first step is to decide which type of photography interests you most and find out as much about it as possible.

It is very difficult to generalise about the photographic industry as each specialist area is different in the way that it recruits, trains and pays its personnel.