Photographers

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

Skill level: Skilled

Check your Wage

  • The majority of Photographers earn a salary between $1,542 and $5,680 per month in 2024.
  • A monthly wage for entry-level Photographers ranges from $1,542 to $3,308.
  • After gaining 5 years of work experience, their income will be between $1,853 and $4,106 per month.

Tasks and duties

  • 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
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