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Photographers operate traditional and digital still cameras to photograph people, scenes, events, products, and other subjects. They are responsible for understanding the requirements of their assignments and choosing the most appropriate type of camera, film, lighting, and equipment to use.
Photographers are required to have a strong sense of picture composition and colour theory, as well as a high degree of technical skill with their equipment and photographic processes. They often use computer software to colour correct, resize, and retouch their photographs.
They are employed by photographic studios, design studios, advertising agencies, newspapers, magazines, cultural institutions, and government agencies. They may also be self-employed.
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About the Sector
An archive is a place that stores a collection of records. These records can be paper, electronic, or other media. Archives are a repository for records of an individual or organization’s life that have been created and collected over the life of the enterprise. An archive preserves the collection on a permanent or long-term basis.
About the ArtistCategory
Express Yourself
Artists participate in many cultural sectors. Visual artists create original works of art through various mediums such as drawings, paintings, collage, and photography. Dancers perform classical, modern, or acrobatic dances in theatre, film, and television productions. Musicians perform with bands, choirs, orchestras, opera companies, and as solo artists. Actors and Comedians perform roles in theatre, musical, television, radio and film productions. Increasingly, new modes of artistic expression are being explored thanks to the availability of emerging technologies and new methods of image and sound creation. These new digital mediums are comprised of formats such as digital illustration and collage, 2D and 3D animation, and digital video and sound design.
Collaborate
Artists thrive in creatively nurturing environments. Musicians often play a collaborative role with vocalists, filmmakers, and television producers and directors. They are comfortable with live performance (performed solo or as part of group), and own the ability to improvise and play songs and musical styles on demand. Dancers perform as soloists, with partners and with dance ensembles. They collaborate with choreographers in order to refine or develop dance steps and routines. Graphic Designers consult with clients to determine their specific needs in order to produce work that meets their communication goals and is also visually appropriate. In all artistic disciplines, collaboration and client/audience participation is the cornerstone of innovation and artistic exploration.
Find An Audience
An actor’s most prized talent is their abilities to convey the complete depth of the human experience through their words and actions. They demonstrate their ability and talent via an intense audition process and through tireless theatre, film, and television performance. Visual Artists are for the most part self-employed and focus on the production and distribution/display of their own creative work. A singer’s most prized talent is their ability to convey a wide range of human emotions and experience through the power of their voice. Talent and demonstrated ability via live performance and/or studio expertise are the keys to employability in the music and acting industries. For the visual artist, creative ability and artistic talent is demonstrated by their portfolio of work.
Relevant Skills
Job Related Skills
- communicate with non-technical clients
- constructive criticism
- coordination and organizational skills
- deadline oriented
- deal with the public
- eye for detail
- film and digital photography experience
- good with computers
- interest in graphic design
- interest in music, theatre, film
- interpersonal skills
- passion for originality
- problem solving
- project coordination
- self confident, outgoing
- strong writing & communication skills
- understands light and colour
- visual culture knowledge
Sector Related Skills
Category Related Skills
- I like to work alone
Required Education
A Photographer typically has a college diploma or university degree.
A bachelor’s degree in visual arts with specialization in photography and/or completion of specialized photography training and further on-the-job experience under the supervision of an experienced photographer are also beneficial to employment.