Photographers

Also called: Commercial Photographer, Photographer, Photojournalist

Career Cluster: Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications
What they do:
Photograph people, landscapes, merchandise, or other subjects. May use lighting equipment to enhance a subject's appearance. May use editing software to produce finished images and prints. Includes commercial and industrial photographers, scientific photographers, and photojournalists.
On the job, you would:
  • Adjust apertures, shutter speeds, and camera focus according to a combination of factors, such as lighting, field depth, subject motion, film type, and film speed.
  • Create artificial light, using flashes and reflectors.
  • Determine desired images and picture composition, selecting and adjusting subjects, equipment, and lighting to achieve desired effects.
KNOWLEDGE

Engineering and Technology
  • computers and electronics
Communications
  • multimedia
Arts and Humanities
  • English language
  • music, dance, visual arts, drama, or sculpture
Business
  • customer service
  • sales and marketing
SKILLS

Social
  • looking for ways to help people
  • understanding people's reactions
Basic Skills
  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • talking to others
Problem Solving
  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
ABILITIES

Ideas and Logic
  • create new and original ideas
  • notice when problems happen
Verbal
  • communicate by speaking
  • listen and understand what people say
PERSONALITY

People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.

They do well at jobs that need:
  • Dependability
  • Integrity
  • Attention to Detail
  • Concern for Others
  • Self Control
  • Adaptability/Flexibility
TECHNOLOGY

You might use software like this on the job:

Data base user interface and query software
  • Cradoc fotoBiz
  • Microsoft Access
Video creation and editing software
  • Adobe After Effects
  • YouTube
Graphics or photo imaging software
  • Adobe Creative Cloud software
  • Adobe Illustrator
JOB OUTLOOK

New job opportunities are likely in the future.

Salary:
High: $95,740.00
Median: $40,760.00
Low: $28,510.00
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