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  4. Photographers

Photographers

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

Skill level: Skilled

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  • Salary range for the majority of workers in Photographers - from ₹18,462 to ₹79,291 per month - 2025.
  • A Photographers typically earns between ₹18,462 and ₹47,708 net per month at the start of the job.
  • After 5 years of service, this is between ₹27,247 and ₹76,349 per month for a working week of 48 hours.

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  • Advertisement photographer
  • Photographer-artist
  • Portrait, wedding or other events photographer
  • Press photographer
  • Photographer

Job Responsibilities

  • Taking photographs for advertising, or other commercial, industrial or scientific purposes and to illustrate stories and articles in newspapers, magazines and other publications
  • Taking portrait photographs of persons and groups of persons
  • Studying requirements of a particular assignment and decide on type of camera, film, lighting and background accessories to be used
  • Determining picture composition, making technical adjustments to equipment and photograph subject
  • Operating scanners to transfer photographic images to computers
  • Operating computers to manipulate photographic images
  • 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

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  • Advertisement photographer
  • Photographer-artist
  • Portrait, wedding or other events photographer
  • Press photographer
  • Photographer

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