Photographers

Photograph people, landscapes, merchandise, or other subjects. May use lighting equipment to enhance a subject's appearance. May use editing software to produce finished images and prints. Includes commercial and industrial photographers, scientific photographers, and photojournalists.

On the job, you would:

• 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.
• Create artificial light, using flashes and reflectors.
• Determine desired images and picture composition, selecting and adjusting subjects, equipment, and lighting to achieve desired effects.

Education

• vocational school training
• on-the-job experience
• associate's degree

Business

• customer service
• sales and marketing

Engineering and Technology

• computers and electronics

Arts and Humanities

• English language
• music, dance, visual arts, drama, or sculpture

Communications

• multimedia

Basic Skills

• listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
• talking to others

Problem Solving

• noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Social

• looking for ways to help people
• understanding people's reactions

Realistic

People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.

• Dependability
• Integrity
• Attention to Detail
• Concern for Others
• Self Control
• Adaptability/Flexibility

Verbal

• communicate by speaking
• listen and understand what people say

Ideas and Logic

• create new and original ideas
• notice when problems happen