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Duties and Types of Photographers

This document provides an overview of photographers, including their duties and types. It discusses amateurs who take photos for pleasure versus professionals who are paid for photos. Professionals may work for media outlets, as freelancers, or in fields like crime scene or scientific photography. The term "professional" also implies education and credentials. Photographers can specialize in subjects like portraits, landscapes, or types unique to photography such as street, documentary, or fashion photography.

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Duties and Types of Photographers

This document provides an overview of photographers, including their duties and types. It discusses amateurs who take photos for pleasure versus professionals who are paid for photos. Professionals may work for media outlets, as freelancers, or in fields like crime scene or scientific photography. The term "professional" also implies education and credentials. Photographers can specialize in subjects like portraits, landscapes, or types unique to photography such as street, documentary, or fashion photography.

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Contents

• 1Duties and types of photographers


o 1.1Image gallery
• 2Selling photographs
• 3Photo sharing
• 4References
• 5External links

Duties and types of photographers[edit]

An English photographer in his studio, in the 1850s.


As in other arts, the definitions of amateur and professional are not entirely categorical.
An amateur photographer takes snapshots for pleasure to remember events, places or friends with no
intention of selling the images to others.
A professional photographer is likely to take photographs for a session and image purchase fee, by
salary or through the display, resale or use of those photographs.
A professional photographer may be an employee, for example of a newspaper, or may contract to
cover a particular planned event such as a wedding or graduation, or to illustrate an advertisement.
Others, like fine art photographers, are freelancers, first making an image and then licensing or making
printed copies of it for sale or display. Some workers, such as crime scenephotographers, estate
agents, journalists and scientists, make photographs as part of other work. Photographers who produce
moving rather than still pictures are often called cinematographers, videographers or camera operators,
depending on the commercial context.
The term professional may also imply preparation, for example, by academic study or apprenticeship by
the photographer in pursuit of photographic skills. A hallmark of a professional is often that they invest
in continuing education through associations. Many associations offer the opportunity to test and exhibit
acumen in order to attain credentials such as Certified Professional Photographer (CPP) or Master
Photographer. While there is no compulsory registration requirement for professional photographer
status, operating a business requires having a business license in most cities and counties. Similarly,
having commercial insurance is required by most venues if photographing a wedding or a public event.
Photographers who operate a legitimate business can provide these items.
Photographers can be categorized based on the subjects they photograph.
Some photographers explore subjects typical of paintings such as landscape, still life, and portraiture.
Other photographers specialize in subjects unique to photography, including street
photography, documentary photography, fashion photography, wedding photography, war
photography, photojournalism, aviation photography and commercial photography. It is worth noting
that

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