I did a diploma of photoimaging at tafe, now called something else, not because I thought it was a pre requisite, but because it looks good on my portfolio. Most professionals would say don't worry about formal qualifications concentrate on business side of it.

I personally think that recognized qualifications are a part, of the "business side" of it.
A professional photographer is a photgrapher who concentrates on marketing😉


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