Write an article based on this "Realize that you're not alone. Make a list of your fears. Differentiate between rational and irrational fears. Make a fear ladder. Face your thinking. See a mental health professional."
article: There are thousands -- maybe even millions -- of people who are probably afraid of very similar things. For example, more than 50 percent of Americans are afraid of creepy crawlies (snakes, spiders, bugs)! Shaming yourself or feeling embarrassed by your fear won't help you overcome it, but acknowledging that fear is a normal human emotion can help you find the strength to face yours. You can also look online for support groups for your specific fear. How have others handled their fears and overcome them? What can you learn from them? And, of course, there's always wikiHow. Does one of these articles speak to you? How to Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking How to Overcome Your Fear of Clowns How to Overcome Your Fear of Needles How to Overcome Your Fear of Strangers How to Overcome Your Fear of Spiders How to Overcome Your Fear of Flying In order to fight your fears, you've got to know what scares you. Sit down and draw up a list of things you're afraid of. What are they? Where do they come from? What are their origins? When do they seem to crop up? When do they seem not so bad? How do they make you feel? Getting away from the fear and away from yourself -- looking at yourself on paper -- will help you be a bit more logical, a bit more objective about your fear. You may want to group similar fears together, especially if you're afraid of a lot of different things. It's a good idea to start a fear journal. Whenever you feel overcome with the fear, grab your handy dandy notebook and get to journaling. Not only is it a good outlet, but it can ground you and help you realize that you do have a grip on the situation after all. It can also help you get some distance from the things you're afraid of. In some situations, it's perfectly natural to feel some level of fear. A healthy fear response is an evolutionary advantage that's helped humans survive in a hostile world for thousands of years. However, other fears are more irrational, and it's often these fears that can cause the most difficulty and distress. For example, if you were hiking and came across a bear, feeling afraid would be a perfectly normal and healthy response, because you're in a dangerous situation. On the other hand, if you refuse to travel on airplanes because you're afraid the plane will crash, this fear is largely irrational. Flying is statistically much safer than driving your own car. Understanding when fear makes sense and when it doesn't can help you conquer your responses. Choose one fear that you want to face. At the top of the ladder, write the fear. Then, break the fear up into steps. Begin by writing the least scary action you could take to face this fear at the bottom of the ladder. With each subsequent "rung," choose one action that takes you a bit closer to the top, facing it head on. Break your ladder up into as many rungs as necessary, and don't try to jump between steps too quickly. Include a wide range of steps you can take. For example: imagine that you're afraid of flying, and even getting near planes makes you nervous. At the bottom of your ladder, have studying the mechanics behind flying as your step (no more "the wings are just supported by magic!"). Next, have "going to the airport." This is slightly more advanced, but still not too scary: you're just going to go the airport, not actually take a flight. Then, you could book a short, 30-minute flight with a friend. At the very top rung, you'd take a longer flight by yourself. It's a good idea to start with something fairly small. Some people make the mistake of jumping straight into fighting the one thing they fear the most, but exposure works best when it's gradual. Anxiety BC has a sample fear ladder form, if you aren't sure what it should look like. Now that you've got your brain wrapped around the fear -- you know where it comes from, you have it broken down into steps -- it's time to wrap your brain around, well, your brain. Remember that your fear is just a way of thinking -- one that you can control. Changing your "internal dialogue," or how you think about a situation, can change how you respond to your fears. One way to do this is to switch from thinking about the absolute worst-case scenario to the best-case scenario. For example, imagine that you really want to scuba dive but are focused on the worst-case scenarios: you get eaten by a shark, your oxygen cuts out, you drown. While these are possibilities, they're pretty slim: for example, you have a 1 in 3,700,000 chance of being killed by a shark. (By way of comparison, you have a 1 in 2600 chance of being injured by an air freshener.) In contrast, your chances of having an incredible experience doing this thing you're afraid of are very high. Why resist doing something that could bring you so much joy and beauty? Arming yourself with statistics can help. While irrational fears are, well, irrational, you can help combat a tendency to catastrophize -- or immediately jump to the absolute worst-case scenario -- by learning some facts about what you're afraid of. For example, if you learn that out of the 7,000,000 North American flights between 1992-2001, only 30 crashed, your fear of flying may become slightly harder to justify to yourself. Some fears don't cause a lot of distress in daily life, especially if you can manage to avoid the source of that fear (like staying away from places where you'd find snakes if you have ophidiophobia, or afraid of snakes). However, other fears,such as social phobia, can devastate you on a daily basis. If your fear is routinely causing you distress, or it's causing a lot of dysfunction in your daily life, see a mental health professional. They can help you figure out why you're afraid and assist you in taking steps to conquer your fear. There are several different treatment techniques a mental health professional might suggest for you. Prescription medications such as beta blockers and antidepressants can help you manage the anxiety and stress caused by your fear, while cognitive behavioral therapy can help you rewire your thinking so you eventually feel in control of your emotions. Exposure therapy, which is what many of the steps in this article involve, also has a good track record for combating specific fears, especially ones linked to a particular object or experience (riding in elevators, seeing sharks, etc.).

Write an article based on this "Take college courses. Learn editing. Be persistent."
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You may need to get professional training in fashion photography to learn how to advance from being an amateur to a professional. Schools in big cities with thriving fashion scenes, like London and New York, will be more likely to offer courses in fashion photography. Most university offer photography classes, and some also offer photography degrees. Research a university in your area and sign up. Professors sometimes also have good contacts in the industry. Some schools also offer fashion photography certificate programs. You will be trained in every stage of a fashion shoot, from model direction to marketing. Fashion photographers are not required to have college degrees, but you can learn a lot about lighting, digital photography and how the field works at university or trade school. The best fashion photographers are experts at editing their photos to meet client needs, not just at taking the photos. You will need to learn how to use computer software to crop photos, correct flaws in them and to alter images. You will need to be able to communicate clearly with clients about their needs and desires. Most professional photographers use editing software to improve the look of their photos. You can learn these skills by taking a class in photo editing at a local college or technical school, unless you can find a way to learn them on your own. There are a lot of people who want to become fashion photographers, so you should be aware that you will likely get a lot of rejection at first. Fashion photography is not an easy field. Keep at it. Send out your work to many magazines and agents. Keep trying. Improve your photography with more practice to increase your chances of acceptance. Network! Get a recommendation. Some magazines will only look at portfolios from people they know. So network! You can find someone who knows people in the places where you want to work if you become involved in the industry and industry functions.