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Overview
Photographers create images with digital or film cameras, using lighting, composition, equipment choices and editing to produce finished pictures or prints.
In job descriptions, look for camera operation, lighting measurement, setting up photographic equipment, selecting auxiliary equipment, editing negatives or digital images, advising clients and preparing displays or exhibitions.
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Open in Job ExplorerWork context
Photographer work turns a subject, brief or moment into a finished image. The role chooses camera, lens, lighting and composition, directs or positions people and objects, captures the image and edits digital files or negatives for delivery.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include camera operation, measuring light, setting up photographic equipment, selecting auxiliary equipment, editing negatives, mounting photos and advising customers. Depending on the setting, food styling, exhibitions, art collections or directing assistants may matter.
Salary context
Salary context usually depends on assignment type, creative responsibility, equipment ownership, editing workload and client contact. Event, studio, product, art and exhibition work can differ greatly in preparation time, retouching, delivery formats and responsibility for assistants.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward specialist photography, studio management, image editing, exhibition production, art documentation, creative direction or client advisory work. A portfolio showing lighting control, composition, finished prints and reliable delivery is central.
Good to know
Read adverts for the subject area and workflow. Check whether the role includes shooting only, full post-production, customer advice, equipment setup, assistant direction, mounting prints, exhibitions or work with film negatives.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 2
Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
51-9151.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETPhotographers
27-4021.00
Exact relationship
The official mapping treats the O*NET and ESCO occupations as closely equivalent.
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Alternative labels
wedding photographer
illustration photographer
aerial photographer
graphical industry photographer
itinerant photographer
technical photographer
interior photographer
scientific photographer
portrait photographer
scene photographer
medical photographer
product photographer
fashion photographer
underwater photographer
photographer retoucher
industrial photographer
photography-based artist
travel photographer
event photographer
photo designer
backstage photographer
video photographer
photography assistant
art photographer
documentary photographer
architecture photographer
photographic artist
reportage photographer
still shooting photographer
microphotographer
culinary photographer
photography technician
corporate photographer
sports photographer
commercial photographer
wildlife photographer
portrayist
food photographer
school photographer
studio photographer
press photographer
cultural photographer
social photographer
still life photographer
photography studio manager
advertising photographer
landscape photographer
Occupation group
Photographers (3431)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/66542dd6-05a6-4d9e-97ff-3f4858c31ff9 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 3431.1 |
| ISCO group | 3431 |
| Concept type | Occupation |