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27-4021.00   Photographers

O*NET SOC Title
Lay Titles
Photo-Optics Technician
O*NET SOC Description
O*NET SOC Tasks
Employ a variety of specialized photographic materials and techniques, including infrared and ultraviolet films, macro photography, photogrammetry and sensitometry.
Enhance, retouch, and resize photographs and negatives, using airbrushing and other techniques.
Manipulate and enhance scanned or digital images to create desired effects, using computers and specialized software.
Produce computer-readable, digital images from film, using flatbed scanners and photofinishing laboratories.
Transfer photographs to computers for editing, archiving, and electronic transmission.
Detailed Work Activities
Create computer-generated graphics or animation.
Determine technical requirements of productions or projects.