A professional photographer captures photos for a session and image purchase fee, by salary or through the display, resale or use of those photographs. Photographers might be employees of a newspaper, or may go under contract to cover an event such as a wedding, graduation, opening or convention, or to illustrate an advertisement through the use of their photographs.

Fine art photographers are freelance artists, first capturing an image, and then licensing or making prints or giclées of the photograph for sale or display. Some workers, such as crime scene photographers, estate agents, journalists and scientists, make photographs as part of other jobs. Photographers who produce moving images rather than still pictures are called cinematographers, videographers or camera operators, depending on the commercial context or job position.

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