Photographer
Photographer Career Description: Photograph people, landscapes, merchandise, or other subjects, using digital or film cameras and equipment. May develop negatives or use computer software to produce finished images and prints. Includes scientific photographers, aerial photographers, and photojournalists.
Responsibilities
- Estimate or measure light levels, distances, and numbers of exposures needed, using measuring devices and formulas.
- Send film to photofinishing laboratories for processing.
- Set up, mount, or install photographic equipment and cameras.
- Write photograph captions.
- 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.
- Engage in research to develop new photographic procedures and materials.
Qualifications
- Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others’ reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Instructing: Teaching others how to do something.
- Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
Tools & Technology
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Web browser software
- Microsoft Access
- Email software
- Adobe Acrobat
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
- Facebook
- Adobe Illustrator
- Intuit QuickBooks
- Adobe InDesign
- WordPress
- Apple Final Cut Pro
- Apple macOS
- SmugMug Flickr
- Adobe Creative Cloud
- Twitter
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Adobe After Effects
Average Salary
The average yearly salary of a Photographer ranges between $19,850 and $76,360.
Related Job Titles
- Food Photographer
- Photo Journalist
- Photographic Specialist
- Advertising Photographer
- Newspaper Photographer