// Unit group · 3431

Photographers

Photographers operate still cameras to photograph people, events, scenes, materials, products and other subjects.

3 Technicians and Associate Professionals / 34 Legal, Social, Cultural and Related Associate Professionals / 343 Artistic, Cultural and Culinary Associate Professionals / All level 4

// Working conditions

ChemicalsLifting and posture

// Hand tools

No hand tools in this set.

taking photographs for advertising, or other commercial, industrial or scientific purposes and to illustrate stories and articles in newspapers, magazines and other publications

taking portrait photographs of persons and groups of persons

studying requirements of a particular assignment and decide on type of camera, film, lighting and background accessories to be used

determining picture composition, making technical adjustments to equipment and photograph subject

operating scanners to transfer photographic images to computers

operating computers to manipulate photographic images

adapting existing photographic images to create new digitized images to be included in multimedia products

using airbrush, computer or other techniques to create the desired visual effect.

Included occupations

Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Aerial photographer
- Commercial photographer
- Industrial photographer
- Photographer
- Photo journalist
- Portrait photographer
- Scientific photographer

Excluded occupations

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

Indexed job titles 18