Photographers

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