Is Cinematography a good Career option?

There are many nuances of a Career in Cinematography. Almost everyone seems to be talking about How to start a Career in Cinematography, while I want to first develop an understanding of What is a Career in Cinematography. In my quest to learn more about a Career in Cinematography, I found this amazing page: https://www.lifepage.in/career/20170804-0001/Others/Filmmaking/Career-in-Cinematography/english

Karm Chawla's professional point of view!

With 5 years & 8 months of professional experience, Karm Chawla understands Cinematography. Karm Chawla has worked in Cinematography as Cinematographer in Kannada Film Industry. In Karm Chawla's own words, this is how Karm Chawla got into Cinematography: "After completing my schooling, I did BA (Hons) in English from Hansraj College (DU). After that I studied Film from LV Prasad and Academy, Chennai. I have working as a freelance cinematographer since 2013." I searched Karm Chawla on Google and found this profile: https://www.lifepage.in/page/karmchawla

Career Video on Cinematography

In a video, Karm Chawla has talked about various aspects of a Career in Cinematography. Karm Chawla started by explaining Cinematography as: "Basically Cinematography is the art of photography and camerawork in film-making or art of motion-picture photography by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as film stock." The video gave me so much food for thought.

It is easy to Google information about what Qualifications are needed to enter Cinematography, this video went a step ahead to talk about the body of knowledge one needs to develop to excel at Cinematography. Karm Chawla touches upon these in the Education section of the Video:

Watch Films
Reading
Observant
Camera
Lenses

This Career demands specific Skills which only an experienced professional can lay out.
Karm Chawla then explains why these Skills are essential for a Career in Cinematography:

Visual Communicator
Color Theory
Composition Skills
Patience
Technical Skills
Aesthetics
Good Listener

Positives of any Career motivate one to work hard for the same.
Karm Chawla believes that the following are some of the Positives of a Career in Cinematography:

Creative Process
Travel
Meet Interesting People

Challenges define a Career as much as the Positives of the same.
And, Karm Chawla believes that one needs to prepare for following Challenges of a Career in Cinematography:

Long Work Hours
Initial Struggle
Physically and Mentally Challenging

In the final section of the video Karm Chawla talks about How a day goes in a Career in Cinematography. This video is by far the best video on a Career in Cinematography, that I have ever come across. To see the full Talk, one needs to install the LifePage Career Talks App. Here is a direct deep link of the Video: https://lifepage.app.link/20170804-0001

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