3.5ModerateNo Shortage
Photographers
Arts and Media Professionals · Arts Professionals
Moderate Risk
Median Weekly Pay
N/A
Full-time workers
Employment
15,400
Total workers
10yr Growth
+12.4%
Projected to 2034
Shortage Status
No Shortage
JSA Official AI Exposure
Automation24.0%
Augmentation61.0%
Key Tasks
- •Consulting with clients to determine objectives of photographic assignments
- •Studying requirements of assignment and selecting type of camera, film, filter and lighting
- •Working from a studio, and transporting and setting up equipment at assigned locations
- •Measuring light levels and determining exposure
- •Adjusting camera angles, aperture settings and subjects to achieve desired composition
- •Adjusting lighting and filters to accentuate highlights and colours
- •Mixing photographic chemicals, processing film and developing prints
- •Manipulating images using digital imaging techniques and creative darkroom techniques such as adjusting exposure and development times
- •May make enlarged prints, and mount and frame prints
Employment Projections to 2034
Median Age
38
Female Share
49.0%
Part-Time Share
31.0%
Skill Level
2 / 5