{"id":2170,"date":"2025-08-25T12:16:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T16:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/arts\/?page_id=2170"},"modified":"2025-08-25T12:16:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T16:16:27","slug":"commerical-photography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/arts\/commerical-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"Commerical Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This major maximizes students\u2019 individual potential, allowing them to pursue careers in any of the many specializations within the field of commercial photography.&nbsp; Areas included but not limited to portraiture, still life, real-estate photography, photojournalism, sports photography, travel, editorial, advertising, etc.&nbsp; The Commercial Photography concentration infuses 21st century technology with a basis of knowledge in traditional photographic techniques. 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Campus<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Social Media<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-social wp-block-coblocks-social-profiles has-colors\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/commphotoumes\/\" title=\"Instagram\" class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-block-coblocks-social__button wp-block-coblocks-social__button--instagram has-padding\" style=\"border-radius:40px\"><span class=\"wp-block-coblocks-social__icon\"><\/span><span class=\"wp-block-coblocks-social__text\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2022\/04\/Program_-Applied-Design-Commerical-Photography-BA-University-of-Maryland-Eastern-Shore-Acalog-ACMS\u2122.pdf\">Commerical Photography Degree<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2022\/04\/Program_-Applied-Design-Commerical-Photography-Semester-by-Semester-University-of-Maryland-Eastern-Shore-Acalog-ACMS\u2122.pdf\">Course Sequence<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/apply\/\">apply to umes here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This major maximizes students\u2019 individual potential, allowing them to pursue careers in any of the many specializations within the field of commercial photography.&nbsp; Areas included but not limited to portraiture, still life, real-estate photography, photojournalism, sports photography, travel, editorial, advertising, etc.&nbsp; The Commercial Photography concentration infuses 21st century technology with a basis of knowledge in&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/arts\/commerical-photography\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">Commerical Photography<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1292,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-2170","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2170\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=2170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}