Grad school for a photographer

[tarahdlee]

Hi I am a professional photographer looking for a change.  I have lived and worked in NYC for almost 9 years.  I am a graduate of School of Visual Arts in Manhattan.  I have a lot of experience in ecommerce photography, mostly jewelry.  I have also dabbled in travel photography as well as unit photography (the photographer on the movie set) I have been thinking about graduate school in order to possibly teach one day.  I would really like to move to Europe, and I am a Irish citizen.  I am not sure if a degree is right for me or I should just make the move.  Does anyone have some advice on a place where I will be able to find a job?  Or any fantastic masters degree programs in Europe?  Obviously trying to keep the costs down and I would prefer a warmer climate.

[biisis]

Do you need to go to grad school in order to teach technical photography? It seems like your skillset is more trades related; those schools tend to hire on the basis of work experience. The only grad program I can think of in photography is more fine arts related (an MFA), but it sounds like you really don't have the portfolio.