How YOU can become a National Geographic Photographer with THESE 5 Tips!

In this video, I share with you 5 SECRETS to how you can become a photographer with National Geographic.

I draw upon my 15+ years as a professional photographer, to give you advice and guidance to how you can get your photographic work published in leading publications.

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In summary, here are my 5 tips for becoming a photographer with National Geographic:

0:00 Introduction
01:10 Think Stories, Not Images
02:47 Photograph What It Feels Like
03:55 Find Your Niche
05:23 Tell Stories That Matter
06:51 Get Your Work Seen

Links to National Geographic Opportunities:

[gutubishnoi]

as a student your video helped me a lot thanku.

[CarlSvanfelt]

Thanks for sharing your experiences! My dream has always been to become a professional photographer. Before I started my career, I joined National Geographic's YourShot community. I did this to learn more about how stories are told from different parts of the world. After getting several photos published, I applied for a job as a professional photographer in my hometown and have been active for over five years in this job.
So, the tips you give in your video are precious!

[VinodKumarPhoto]

These simple yet beneficial points are well explained ...thank you Sean...

[chipcurry]

Great stuff, Sean! Much appreciated. And this is not only about photography, it could be about music, songwriting, art, painting.

[dheerajdman]

Thanks a lot Sean. You really answered it so simply.

[Majid]

Really like your video. Thank you for sharing

[bimurtyaganguli]

When i am working in a very poverty stricken area, where people are not familiar with photography or documentation, etc and they think i am doing something very creepy, then how should i make them understand what my true motive is? How to make them understand that i am being a voice for them?

[Riyadyvers]

1. Think stories, not images.
•Make stories with a begining, middle and end.
•Each images is a defferent, or adds something defferent in the story.

2. Photograph what is feels like, not just what is look like.
•Look out for people expressing emotions.
•Be ready to capture thoes special moment.

3. Find your niche.
•Define what subject, or topics you photograph.
•Chose where in the world you focus on.
•Pick your style of photography.

4. Tell a stories that matters.
•How does your photo stay connect to the wider world?
•Shot locally, but connect globally.

5. Get your work seen.
•Get your work seen at photo festivals.
•Build your community within the industry.
•Look into internships or grant opportunities at Nat Geo.

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[carlosmozephoto]

Hi Sean! New to the channel and a sports photographers with a passion for photojournalism. Found the channel while browsing for photojournalism, as I consider to be one of the most demanding discipline of photography. Be good in everything is hard but the way that photojournalist are require to perform is definitely something that really sparks my day!!! Loving the content! Cheers

[kevinma]

Thank you for went to china and record Chinese culture. This helps more people know about real china and build a bridge between different cultures. Really appreciate that

[angelus]

I always wonder what lens is best to capture with this style. What lens do you recommend?

[klinkhamerphoto]

nice video, thank you. As a photographer the hard part is to deal with so called "photo editors" who are basically office workers and dissolutioned phototographers.
Best is indeed to follow your own path in photography.

[zacharypatsula]

Come to Vegas your Images are Amazing.

[florastaedtler]

When I was in my 20s I lived in a monastery and we allowed Steve Curry to come to shoot a yearly baseball game we played against the local volunteer firefighters in rural cape Breton Nova Scotia. He couldn’t make it and so he came weeks later and staged the whole thing using monks and nuns that weren’t in the game. I had to have several conversations with NG as they decided if they should run them, which they did. I’ve never really seen documentary photography in the same way. A very interesting experience.

[shuvojitmodak]

Thank you sir, ❤
I want to be a part of Nat Geo family.

[TheCicada]

Nice video! I have been working as a freelance documentary photographer for a while. I’d like to cover women empowerment, climate change, refugee crisis. What should be my approach to National Geography? Do I need to shoot the photographs first then approach them or pitch them prior to the project for funding? I am based in USA.

[L.Spencer]

Has National Geographic ever done a story on the Tijuana River sewage pollution? That's a huge story in San Diego.

[avradeephazra]

After clicking the raw photos, are they get edited in softwares or published as original raw images?

[tasnimouerghi]

hope that one day gonna be natgeo photographer 🥰

[BrunoSorr]

Im currently in 11th grade, what colleges or courses would you suggest for photography as my career path?