Photographers

• Determine desired images and picture composition, selecting and adjusting subjects, equipment, and lighting to achieve desired effects.
• Adjust apertures, shutter speeds, and camera focus based on a combination of factors such as lighting, field depth, subject motion, film type, and film speed.
• Create artificial light, using flashes and reflectors.
• Manipulate and enhance scanned or digital images to create desired effects, using computers and specialized software.
• Transfer photographs to computers for editing, archiving, and electronic transmission.
• Determine project goals, locations, and equipment needs by studying assignments and consulting with clients or advertising staff.
• Review sets of photographs to select the best work.
• Perform general office duties such as scheduling appointments, keeping books, and ordering supplies.
• Estimate or measure light levels, distances, and numbers of exposures needed, using measuring devices and formulas.
• Test equipment prior to use to ensure that it is in good working order.
• Set up, mount, or install photographic equipment and cameras.
• Select and assemble equipment and required background properties, according to subjects, materials, and conditions.
• Take pictures of individuals, families, and small groups, either in studio or on location.
• Direct activities of workers who are setting up photographic equipment.
• Perform maintenance tasks necessary to keep equipment working properly.
• Produce computer-readable, digital images from film, using flatbed scanners and photofinishing laboratories.

Source: O*NET OnLine information for Photographers.

• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Service Orientation - Actively looking for ways to help people.
• Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Instructing - Teaching others how to do something.
• Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

Source: O*NET OnLine information for Photographers.