Photography interviews

[jay-photo]

Hi, I'm a student in art school and I have an assignment in photography, "What do people think about photography".  I have 9 questions to ask down below: (Thank you for anyone's support)

 1. What do you think professional photography is?

2. What experiences have you had dealing with a professional photographer?

3. Did you consider them professional and if so, why?

4. Would you consider being photographed again?

5. How much would you be willing to pay for a large (20X24 or larger) wall portrait of your family?

6. How much would you be willing to pay knowing that the portrait would be come a family heirloom that would be passed from one generation to another?

7. Can artist/photographers  make money?

8.  Do photographers represent the truth?

9. Do you have any questions for me?

[january_bug]

Is this meant to be YOU answering, or are you meant to survey people to get their answers?  I've answered 8 as if it's you that's got to answer it and that you're just asking us for tips. 

I'd suggest emailing this to people as a word document and they can answer it properly. 

Question 7 - any decent business-minded person can make money in their job.  It takes good marketing and good customer service, amongst other required skills.  Good accounting's also important. 

Question 8 could be an entire essay on its own.  I suggest your explore the theme that photographs represent only a moment of the truth (the camera doesn't lie) but that you would need a whole album of pictures to gain a balanced view of what happened at a given time.  Photographers can represent the truth, but only the truth as they see it, and depending entirely upon which photographs they choose to present. 

If you work upon those ideas (and anything else suggeted) you could come up with a decent 1000 words or so on it. 

GOOD LUCK! :-)

[silly moo]

january-bug - I love your comment about how the camera doesn't lie.
You would be amazed at the things photographers can do in the dark room; let alone with a digital image and a computer.

[january_bug]

Again, the CAMERA, doesn't lie.  Digital workshops, and even traditional ones can be used to alter images, but the camera itself doesn't lie in the way you're saying.  So the photographer can present a lie, but the camera, on its own, cannot. 

The questioner does not appear to be checking his/her own thread anyway. 

[january_bug]

So glad I bothered to answer this then! Grrrr!