Specialties and Job Titles
Career opportunities related to still photography, film, the Internet, and television are many and varied. Image-making and audiovisual production represent a great number of different talents and skills. This list was compiled to provide you with an idea of the variety of specialties and job titles in the world of imaging. AV equipment technician AV programmer Black-and-white printer Camera repairer Cinematographer Colorist Director of AV Image analyst Image interpreter Laboratory assistant...
Advantages and Disadvantages Piv
Working situations in industrial photography are quite different from those in commercial or portrait photography. Most companies keep a 40-hour week with regular and predictable hours. However, last-minute overtime is common to get projects completed. Most industrial photographers are paid on an hourly basis. Department managers and the top photographers are sometimes salaried. In general, the pay rates of industrial photographers are the best in the photographic field. In addition to...
Advantages and Disadvantages
In the event the commercial photographer plans to go into business for her- or himself, it would be wise to consider some of the disadvantages of this area of photography. There are long hours, lastminute rush assignments, deadline pressures, large investments in equipment, and the risks that any person takes when going into a business. However, some of these disadvantages do not exist if the photographer is an employee of a large commercial studio. On the other hand, there are compensations...
Ethical Considerations
The role of the photojournalist includes fulfilling a certain measure of public trust. Readers of newspapers, magazines, and books must be able to trust that photos they see are genuine representations of the truth. The same is true of other applications of the pho-tojournalist's work. The National Press Photographers Association NPPA has developed a code of ethics to guide photographers in this area. Members are asked to subscribe to the following 1. The practice of photojournalism, both as a...
Scientific and Technical Photography
Scientific and technical aspects of photography are difficult to define, since they are diversified and include both picture-making and non-picture-making skills and activities. A random sampling of individuals doing technical photography work disclosed that there were more than 250 job titles that covered this aspect of photography. Picture-making aspects of this exciting, broad field include highspeed photography, lasers, electron microscopes, holograms, stroboscopes, high-speed film, video...
Scientific Technical and Industrial Photography
This chapter explores the areas of scientific, technical, and industrial photography. Each area is unique in its own right. You would be surprised at how easy it is to marry numerous areas of interest into one lucrative career. For example, if you're interested in anatomy and physiology as well as taking pictures, you can find work in biomedical photography. If you've always admired the police force and thought of becoming a cop, but would also like to put your photo skills to work, you could...
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Getting Started in Photography
Almost everyone learns to use a camera, but most people remain amateurs. Those who take their work to an increasingly higher level form the pool from which professional photographers are drawn. So how do you know if you have the potential for professional photography First will come a compelling desire to produce images that attract the attention of others. The intensity of your desire to improve will determine how many photos you take and whether you choose to do your own darkroom work or go...
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