Photographer

Photographer

A photographer tells the stories of their subjects visually to pair with any other form of storytelling.


What they love about their jobs

Creative professionals talk about their favorite parts of their day.

Kennyatta Collins
“I love taking raw materials or ideas and creating a narrative and story around them.”
Kennyatta Collins
Photographer at Self-employed
Jeremiah Simmons
“I love the freedom to be creative and make stories about anything.”
Jeremiah Simmons
Filmmaker at Self Employed
Selena Vidya
“It's extremely rewarding to bring a story or concept from nothing to something that entertains and educates people, all with creativity.”
Selena Vidya
Filmmaker at Midnight Ghost
Péter Várnai
“I'm fueled by the diversity of challenges and tasks I face as a person with multiple parallel career paths.”
Péter Várnai
Filmmaker

Where this is needed

🎬
Film
Credits roll for ten minutes because it takes thousands of creative people to make the movies and shows you love, from concepting to the storytelling and actual production, every creative job you can imagine exists in this industry.
🎵
Music
It’s more than music that keeps creative minds busy in the always-evolving music industry. Album art, videos, graphic design, photoshoots, digital experiences, the list goes on for creative output that supports all genres.
🎮
Gaming
A massively growing industry that needs creatives of all kinds not only to build games, but to plan the characters, create the campaigns, and envision what’s next.
💬
Social Media
The big social media companies employ thousands of creatives to build better experiences for users, strategize how to evolve their platforms, program better tools, and much more.
📢
Marketing
The key to marketing is clear and persuasive storytelling, and that means writing, design, digital experiences, photography and a lot more that goes into bringing a brand’s value to its customers convincingly.
🍴
Food & Beverage
It’s more than making things taste good; there’s brand-building, packaging design and advertising of all kinds in this massive global industry.
🏋️
Health & Fitness
Health is a fast-growing and ever-evolving industry requiring creative minds to push the limit of digital experiences, apparel design, tech innovation, editorial planning and more.
🩺
Healthcare
Healthcare and health insurance brands offer a complex service which means creative leadership is required to differentiate and clarify a complicated and often stressful experience for the consumer.

Skills to thrive in this field

💡
Lighting
The ability to stage or work with the light around you
📐
Composition
To be able and frame a shot
Project Management
To organize and manage the creative process
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Spacial Awareness
To creatively use your surroundings
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Communication
Must be able to articulate your concepts to others
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Leadership
Orchestrate your concepts and bring them to life

Commonly used tools

Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop
For editing photos and creating design layouts
Canva
Canva
Graphic design and publishing platform, good for social media assets
Dropbox
Dropbox
A cloud storage and file sharing service
Adobe Lightroom
Adobe Lightroom
Enables editing and efficient organization of assets
Google Drive
Google Drive
Applications to store documents, working files and final creative files
Asana
Asana
Work management tool for teams to plan, organize and manage their work
Slack
Slack
A communication platform for teams that enables real-time messaging, file sharing, and collaboration
Notion
Notion
Notion is a productivity and organization tool
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