my name is Anthony Maddaloni and we're
going to talk about how to become a
National Geographic photographer
obviously you're going to want to become
familiar with the National Geographic
magazine it's a got a very certain style
to it and a certain look where it's just
it's straight photography I like to
consider it almost just bread-and-butter
photography of what the subject matter
is once you see that there's something
about National Geographic photography or
photographs that set themselves apart
one interesting thing interesting note
about National Geographic is that as far
as I know and I'm pretty sure about this
National Geographic only used slide film
for their reproductions in their
magazines which was something kind of
interesting well I really do love
digital photography slide film or Chrome
film really is very saturated it has a
certain color look to it that even now
digital still can't quite match so I
know that National Geographic was only
taking submissions on slide film so it's
one thing you might want to keep in mind
is that our my image is vibrant enough
do they have enough color saturation and
then you're going to want to make a
submission to them you're going to want
to think of a story you might have to
give yourself your own assignment in the
vein of a National Geographic assignment
and when an editor sees that they're
going to be impressed like this
photographer knows what water magazine
is about and it doesn't just have to be
about National Geographic it'd be any
kind of publication but National
Geographic is what you're going for here
and then you're going to submit and
cross your fingers and hope for the best
that you can become a National
Geographic photographer