Photographers

Photographers operate still cameras to photograph people, events, scenes, materials, products and other subjects. Tasks include - (a) taking photographs for advertising or other commercial, industrial or scientific purposes and to illustrate stories and articles in newspapers, magazines and other publications; (b) taking portrait photographs of persons and groups of persons; (c) studying requirements of a particular assignment and decide on type of camera, film, lighting and background accessories to be used; (d) determining picture composition, making technical adjustments to equipment and photograph subject; (e) operating scanners to transfer photographic images to computers; (f) operating computers to manipulate photographic images; (g) adapting existing photographic images to create new digitized images to be included in multimedia products; (h) using airbrush, computer or other techniques to create the desired visual effect. Examples of the occupations classified here: - Aerial photographer - Commercial photographer - Industrial photographer - Photojournalist - Photographer - Portrait photographer - Scientific photographer Some related occupations classified elsewhere: - Film camera operator - 3521 - Video camera operator - 3521 - Photographic equipment repairer - 7311 - Photogravure photographer - 7321 - Photolithographer - 7321 - Electronics mechanic - 7421.