Photography

Hi Himanshu,
Please complete your 10+2 first. There are institutes in India that offer a certificate in Photography after class 10th also, but I would advise you to pursue a good Diploma or Advanced Diploma course, if you want to pursue photography professionally. You also have an option to pursue a degree in photography like BFA in photography. Generally, there are no entrance exams for the said course. You can directly apply to the college that you are interested in. You may refer to this link to find the best colleges in India for photography course https://www.shiksha.com/arts-fine-visual-performing/photography/articles/top-10-colleges-for-photography-courses-in-india-blogId-11445.

Hi!
Not all fashion photographers travel the world. It is only possible when you have established yourself well in the industry and you are in demand. Big fashion houses do hire their personal photographers and that might give you a chance to travel the world if and when they have an international show/shoot. It is all about your popularity and how you market your talent in the industry. For a successful fashion photographer, only the sky is the limit in terms of payments, glamour, fame and an international, luxurious lifestyle. The path to that success, however, is not an easy and smooth one. Every fashion photographer has to face lots of financial hurdles and career insecurities which you must be aware of beforehand. The starting, for any fashion photographer, will always be of a lower profile. However if you possess certain soft skills like creativity, ability for adaptation of rapid technology changes, and skill to run a business, you are more likely to succeed sooner. The formula of income prospects for fashion photography career in India is quite simple: the better you develop yourself as a skilled fashion photographer, the more you earn. In the simplest words, the incomes vary from person to person as they depend on the skills and calibers of the individual fashion photographers. Typically, if you find an employment with fashion houses or advertisement agencies at the beginning of your career, you can expect a monthly income somewhat between 9,000 and 15,000 Rupees. Nevertheless, freelance fashion photographers, if they make good reputations and manage to get clients on a regular basis, can earn that in a single day. More establishment means more income in the profession of fashion photography in India.

Hi Pranav, Photography is a field which will open up lot of possibilities for you, if you got the metal and have the passion and vision to see what others can't. Having said that, it is also one of the vastly exploited fields today with every other person with a camera opting to be a photographer and looking for shoots. (Not that there is anything wrong with that, but it is definitely generating more jobs in the editing department because of the quality of pictures coming in)
If you are serious about photography then there sure are various genres for you to venture into. To name a few;
1. Photojournalism
2. Product Photography
3. Fashion Photography
4. Nature and Wild life photography
5. Wedding/Event Photography
6. Industrial Photography
7. Architecture Photography
Apart from the above mentioned, there still are many other areas where photography is needed and can get you a career. You will have to find your calling, as to which genre interests you and brings the best out of you as an artist before choosing anything and going with it. All the best. Hope it helps!

Hi Saurabh!
With the boom in advertising, media and the fashion industry, photography has emerged as a lucrative and thrilling career option for today's Indian youth. Photography offers a number of opportunities and the range of the fields that you can venture into. You can seek to make career in fashion photography, Photojournalism, Wildlife Photography, Industrial Photography, Scientific Photography and so forth. You can be employed with press, E-commerce companies, Magazines or even work as a freelancer. Photography as a field has no particular or fixed career and salary structure. One can start as an assistant to senior photographers in which you would be paid Rs 3500 to Rs 6000. Once you are established, you would be paid as per the assignment. The range can be from Rs 10,000 to Rs 30,000. Fields like commercial photography pay higher compared to the other fields. Beginnings can be made at Rs. 15,000 which may grow over a period of time.