What About The Other Types Of Photography?

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Hi everybody. Welcome to Episode 41 of the Photography Explained podcast.

I’m your host Rick McEvoy and I explain one photographic thing per episode in plain English in less that 10 minutes without the irrelevant detail. I have well over 30 years of experience in photography so I do know what I am talking about!

In this episode - What Are The Other Types Of Photography?
Well I listed the 20 main types of photography in episode 32, and have spoken about some of them, but not all of them. So lets wrap this up

2 – Documentary
I did not cover this - Now this is the best way I can describe this is those people who are like war photographers, people who go into these places of incredible danger and conflict. This is where documentary photography is for me.

3 – Event
I did not get into this, but basically this could be any kind of social or corporate event. It is not an area that I have ever worked in.

4 – Fashion
If you knew me you would know that this is not my thing – I am a jeans and t-shirt kind of guy!

5 – Food
This a technical specialism that involves lots of detailed planning and setting up, and potentially intricate lighting and props.
So not for me at the moment.

8 – Macro
Like food photography but covering a wide range of subjects. I bough a macro lens once but never used it so I sold it.

9 - New-born, 10 - Portrait, 11 – People
These are all photographing people. Not my bag.

12 – Photojournalism
Still a need for this but I believe a lot less than there used to be.

14 – Sports
I have had a go at this and loved but it this is I believe a very competitive market to make money in. I don’t envy the photographers I see at football matches – it looks like hard work to me!

15 - Still life
Similar to food photography, only different subject matters.

16 – Stock
I was going to cover this be decided not as this is as far as I am concerned a shrinking market that I would not direct anyone into – I might be wrong but I have had very little success.

18 – Weather
This to me is a part of other types of photography. So I will not go into it any more here.

20 - Wildlife
A fascinating area of photography, but one that I am struggling to write about as you need somewhere to go and animals to photograph.

I also covered construction photography in Episode 34 which was not actually on the list, but that is fine as this is what I do.

Listen for more, or check out the transcript and even the blog post - so many ways to find out more!

What’s next?
Episode 42 - What Are The Steps In Photography - Part 1 - The General Steps

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