Overview

Languages

English

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

Work setting

• Various locations
• Photographic studio

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Develop and print photographs
• Mount and frame photographs
• Adapt existing photographic images and create new digitized images to be included in multimedia/newmedia products
• Determine picture composition, make technical adjustments to equipment and photograph subject
• Operate computers to manipulate photographic images
• Operate scanners to transfer photographic images to computers
• Study requirements of a particular assignment and decide on type of camera, film, lighting and background accessories to be used
• Take pictures of individuals, families, groups and public
• Use airbrush, computer or other techniques to retouch negatives
• Use delicate instruments, such as optical microscopes attached to cameras

Experience and specialization

Photographic techniques

• Black and white
• Colour
• Digital photo imaging
• Photo restoration
• Adobe Photoshop