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Why study Photography?

Photography involves using your creative and practical skills. You can often pick up photography at A Level/Level 3 without having studied it as a GCSE subject.

There are lots of different types of photography – portraits and weddings, landscapes, still life, documentary journalism, fashion photography, experimental, multimedia and moving image.

As well as a career in photography, this subject can take you into other creative careers such as graphic design, web design, animation, advertising, games and film design, or visual effects. Photography combines well with art and design, media, graphics and business.

A selection of jobs using Photography

Tap any job below to see the full career profile on the National Careers Service website – including what the job involves, what it pays, and how to get into it.

This is just a selection – there are over 800 job profiles on the National Careers Service website, so there will be loads more jobs where a love of Photography could take you.

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