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Photographer

OFO Code: 343101

Last checked 3 October 2026

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1. Occupation identity

OFO code
343101
Occupation
Photographer
Classification
OFO 2021
Major group
TECHNICIANS AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONALS
Unit group
3431 · Photographers

Official description
Photographers operate still cameras to photograph people, events, scenes, materials, products and other subjects.

More official OFO detail

Specialisations: Technical Photographer, Medical Photographer, Photo Finish / Post Production Photographer, Landscape Photographer, Documentary Photographer, Aerial Photographer, Fashion Photographer, Photographer and Image Recording Equipment Operator, Portrait Photographer, Sports Photographer, News Photographer, Photojournalist

  • Taking photographs for advertising, or other commercial, industrial or scientific purposes and to illustrate stories and articles in newspapers, magazines and other publications
  • Adapting existing photographic images to create new digitized images to be included in multimedia products
  • Using airbrush, computer or other techniques to create the desired visual effect
  • Studying requirements of a particular assignment and decide on type of camera, film, lighting and background accessories to be used
  • Taking portrait photographs of persons and groups of persons
  • Operating scanners to transfer photographic images to computers
  • Operating computers to manipulate photographic images
  • Determining picture composition, making technical adjustments to equipment and photograph subject

2. Demand status

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