<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="http://www.artsycouture.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/600x600_NPL_Blog_Headshots_Circles_Lauren1.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class=" size-thumbnail wp-image-1741 alignleft" src="http://www.artsycouture.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/600x600_NPL_Blog_Headshots_Circles_Lauren1-150x150.png" alt="Lauren Nievod Photographer head shot" width="150" height="150" srcset="https://www.artsycouture.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/600x600_NPL_Blog_Headshots_Circles_Lauren1-150x150.png 150w, https://www.artsycouture.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/600x600_NPL_Blog_Headshots_Circles_Lauren1-300x300.png 300w, https://www.artsycouture.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/600x600_NPL_Blog_Headshots_Circles_Lauren1-42x42.png 42w, https://www.artsycouture.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/600x600_NPL_Blog_Headshots_Circles_Lauren1.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a>Making the transition from a hobbyist to a professional photographer can be a daunting challenge. The best way to prepare yourself for success is to invest time, effort, and (yes, sometimes) money in your education. Pro photographer Lauren Nievod of <a href="http://www.laurennievodphotography.com/">Lauren Nievod Photography</a> shares her list of ways to build confidence and skill while still having a blast!</span></i></p>
<p>&nbsp; <span class="post-teaser-more">&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artsycouture.com/blog/professional-photographer-knowledge-is-power" title="Permanent Link: Starting Out as a Pro Photographer: Knowledge is Power" rel="bookmark">Continue Reading</a></span></p>{"id":1673,"date":"2015-10-09T19:49:17","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T19:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsycouture.com\/?p=1673"},"modified":"2016-10-17T15:51:54","modified_gmt":"2016-10-17T15:51:54","slug":"starting-out-as-a-pro-photographer-knowledge-is-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsycouture.com\/blog\/professional-photographer-knowledge-is-power","title":{"rendered":"Starting Out as a Pro Photographer: Knowledge is Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsycouture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/600x600_NPL_Blog_Headshots_Circles_Lauren1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-thumbnail wp-image-1741 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsycouture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/600x600_NPL_Blog_Headshots_Circles_Lauren1-150x150.png\" alt=\"Lauren Nievod Photographer head shot\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsycouture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/600x600_NPL_Blog_Headshots_Circles_Lauren1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.artsycouture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/600x600_NPL_Blog_Headshots_Circles_Lauren1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.artsycouture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/600x600_NPL_Blog_Headshots_Circles_Lauren1-42x42.png 42w, https:\/\/www.artsycouture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/600x600_NPL_Blog_Headshots_Circles_Lauren1.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Making the transition from a hobbyist to a professional photographer can be a daunting challenge. The best way to prepare yourself for success is to invest time, effort, and (yes, sometimes) money in your education. Pro photographer Lauren Nievod of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.laurennievodphotography.com\/\">Lauren Nievod Photography<\/a> shares her list of ways to build confidence and skill while still having a blast!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <span class=\"post-teaser-more\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsycouture.com\/blog\/professional-photographer-knowledge-is-power\" title=\"Permanent Link: Starting Out as a Pro Photographer: Knowledge is Power\" rel=\"bookmark\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1739,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[76,75,77,78,79,74,73],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsycouture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1673"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsycouture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsycouture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsycouture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsycouture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1673"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsycouture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1751,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsycouture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1673\/revisions\/1751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsycouture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsycouture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsycouture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsycouture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}