Career Details :: Professional Photographers
Description
Photograph subjects or newsworthy events using still cameras, color or black-and-white film, and variety of photographic accessories.
Experience
Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
Education
Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree. Some may require a bachelor's degree.
Training
Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers.
Tasks
- Focuses camera and adjusts settings based on lighting, subject material, distance, and film speed.
- Estimates or measures light level, distance, and number of exposures needed, using measuring devices and formulas.
- Frames subject matter and background in lens to capture desired image.
- Arranges subject material in desired position.
- Directs activities of workers assisting in setting up photograph.
- Selects and assembles equipment and required background properties, according to subject, materials, and conditions.
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Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Thinking Creatively
- Judging Qualities of Things, Service, People
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
- Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
- Monitor Processes, Material, Surroundings
Important Skills
Frequent Work Context
- Objective or Subjective Information
- Job-Required Social Interaction
- Consequence of Error
- Frustrating Circumstances
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
Related Majors
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| Advertising Photography |  [ add ] |
| Art/Photography | [ add ] |
| Cinema/Photography | [ add ] |
| Creative Photography | [ add ] |
| Film/Photography | [ add ] |
| Film/Photography/Visual Arts | [ add ] |
| Fine Arts Photography | [ add ] |
| Graphic Design/Photography | [ add ] |
| Photography | [ add ] |
| Photography/Graphic Arts | [ add ] |
| Photography/Related Media | [ add ] |
| Photojournalism | [ add ] |
| Professional Career Photography | [ add ] |
| Professional Photographic Illustration | [ add ] |
| Radio/Video/Photo | [ add ] |
Institutions Offering Related Majors
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