Learn to be a free lance togger?

get ads from these people all the time...love this quote...

This Course has also been designed for students with
little or no experience in photography. In fact, we encourage
beginning photographers. Why? Simply because
the world’s media constantly needs new material
and new talent.
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and yet, with just this distance learning course, and you can be enjoying a 'highly paid career' 'being paid to travel all over the world'....get real...
 
ruvor said:
better off going to business school if you want to be a freelance photographer.
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go to business school and you become the picture editor...
you certainly don't need no course to become freelance, thought I would reccomend the nctj if your doing press stuff
 
Thanks guys, that's pretty much what i thought. I could do a couple of courses in Photography, i work full time and going to Uni just isnt an option for me, but i fear it would be a waste of money. The basics would be boring and most of the courses i've seen are not very specific about what else they cover.

A business course is a good suggestion and i may look into it! I just need to be toned up on how to market myself, handle pricing etc. I just thought some extra togger skills thrown in would be a bonus as i'm self taught!

This is what i found on nctj http://www.nctj.com/qualifications/...ress-photographers-and-photo-journalists.html
 
Being a freelancer is all about contacts and working them.

Its not what you know, its who you know.

You can be the best photographer in the world, but without the contacts to exploit it you might as well stay in doors and photograph your collection of belly button fluff (and post it on flickr of course)
 
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