{"id":2509,"date":"2019-08-20T01:28:19","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T01:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iconrefined.com\/?p=2509"},"modified":"2024-04-08T22:21:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T22:21:00","slug":"bti-053-do-you-need-to-go-to-school-to-be-a-photographer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iconrefined.com\/bti-053-do-you-need-to-go-to-school-to-be-a-photographer\/","title":{"rendered":"BTI #053: Do You Need to Go to School to be a Photographer?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- iframe plugin v.5.1 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border:none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/10933076\/height\/100\/width\/\/thumbnail\/no\/render-playlist\/no\/theme\/custom\/tdest_id\/4427553\/custom-color\/87A93A\" height=\"100\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" 0=\"allowfullscreen\" 1=\"webkitallowfullscreen\" 2=\"mozallowfullscreen\" 3=\"oallowfullscreen\" 4=\"msallowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p>One of the top two excuses I will hear from individuals who want to launch a career in the arts is that they did not go to school for it and thus are limited in their potential.<\/p>\n<p>The truth is &#8211; most of the amazing photographers I know did not get a formal education in the arts. 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