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What They Do |
Photographers perform some or all of the following duties:
 | Medical photographers may work closely with medical illustrators. |
| Photographers may specialize in areas such as portrait photography, commercial photography, scientific photography, forensic photography, medical photography, digitized photography, multimedia photography or photojournalism. |
| Study requirements of a particular assignment and decide on type of camera, film, lighting and background accessories to be used |
| Determine picture composition, make technical adjustments to equipment and photograph subject |
| May operate scanners to transfer photographic images to computers |
| May operate computers to manipulate photographic images |
| May adapt existing photographic images and create new digitized images to be included in multimedia/newmedia products |
| May use delicate instruments, such as optical microscopes attached to cameras |
| May process exposed film |
| May use airbrush, computer or other techniques to retouch negatives |
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Where They Find Work — Top Occupational Areas |
| Other professional scientific and technical services |
77.0% |
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| Arts entertainment and recreation |
10.0% |
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| Information and cultural industries |
7.0% |
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| Other services (except public administration) |
5.0% |
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| Photographers work for studios, newspapers, magazines, museums, and government or they may be self-employed. |
| The unionization rate (25%) is close to the average (32%) for all occupations. |
| The highest concentrations (per 10,000 people) of Photographers are found in Alberta and Prince Edward Island while the lowest concentrations are in New Brunswick and Newfoundland. |
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