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Photographers usually work on a freelance basis, selling their work directly to publications, or using an agency to market their work on their behalf. For example, the photographs used in BBC Wildlife Magazine are usually obtained directly from professional photographers whose work we are familiar with, or from agencies.
Though photography, and wildlife photography in particular, is a very competitive field, your chances of success are greater if you are technically competent. Courses available range from casual evening classes to degrees. Alternatively, you could join a photography club.
Keep a portfolio of your work to show to people. If an individual photograph is truly exceptional, try sending it directly to a publication. But remember that it is extremely difficult to make a living out of wildlife photography alone. Some wildlife photographers supplement their income by doing commercial photography (such as weddings, etc). Agencies are usually only interested in people with a portfolio of several hundred excellent photographs.
Keep up to date with the work of practising wildlife photographers, you can learn a lot by studying the work of others. Try to visit the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition (venues are listed in the ‘Going out’ pages of BBC Wildlife Magazine) or look at the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Portfolio books of winning and commended photographs (published annually by BBC Books).
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