1. Career Search Project Pt 2.
Complete this checklist:
 Complete a professional letter
 Customize this letter for at least four
different professionals (you may need to
do as many as eight)
• Remember! You must get a response… you
may not move on in the project until you
get a response
• Contact as many people as you can
 Complete this packet concerning the Art
Career Project website and the
MyPublisher website
 Take photos matching the professional
(just like the Master’s Project – match
the style, likeness and subject matter)
 Edit the photos matching your
professional’s work
 Create a portfolio
 Send this portfolio to your professional
for review

2. Website Review
http://www.theartcareerproject.com/
List the eleven (11) different
careers outlined on this site:
Animation
Agriculture
Design
Education
Faison
Food
Material working
Painting
Photography
Sketching and drawing
List the ten (10) different
photography careers outlined on
this site:
Photographer
Macro photographer
Wildlife photographer
Nature
Wedding
Underwater
Advertising
Celebrity
Photo journalist
Choose the photography career
that most interests you. Summarize
the career description here (DO
NOT COPY – summarize!):
Wildlife photographer :
They take pictures of animals in their habitats , they take
adventures and travel a lot to different places, for
different animals. They also don’t stage the picture.
What school can you request
information from specific to your
careers?
Art institute
How much does your specific type
of photography make (salary):
They make little money. in 2010 the average salary was
$35,980
What is a photography portfolio? A folder with all your pictures so someone else can see
your strongest work
Page 1

3. Website Review
http://www.theartcareerproject.com/
What goes into a photography
portfolio?
Your edited pictures, or strongest
What are the education
requirements for becoming a
photographer?
You don’t need a formal education
but training in how to use a camera
and basic photography classes in
high school .
What kind of jobs can you get with
a photography degree?
They can work in photography
studios, newspapers, magazines,
advertising agencies, and website
design agencies.
On the “Experts” tab, you can find
experts in art fields. Choose one:
joe lekas
How did this professional become
involved in his/her career?
He wanted to be an illustrator and
then he became interested in
photography instead by trying to
capture detail for his illustrations
What training did the professional
need?
He went to school to study graphic
design and had photography
classes. But he mostly just studied
in books and magazines
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4. Website Review
http://www.theartcareerproject.com/
Using the professional from Page 2,
summarize an interesting story
about this professional:
He is someone who started off
loving something else but it turned
into photography. He loves to make
people attracted to his work and he
is a hard worker and is willing to
study and do what it takes on his
own.
What is the thing that your
professional enjoys most about
his/her job:
capturing pictures that attracts
people.
Page 3
Website Review
http://www.mypublisher.com/
What is MyPublisher? You can make photo books and
cards and stuff like that.
What size books can you print? 3.5x2.75, 7.75x5.75, 11.25x8.75,
15x11.5
What cover options do they offer? Soft cover, photo finish hardcover ,
How much do the books cost? From 3$ to over 60$
What printing options do they offer
(paper types, binding, page types
etc.)?
Get 20 pages or add extra pages,
you can get a book cover, linen
pages,