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definition of photographer

The term photographer is known to that individual who is professionally engaged in the activity of taking photographs through the use of a photographic camera.

There are different types of photographers, differentiation that will be given more than anything by the themes that each professional covers.

Thus we find photographers who specialize in topics such as portraits, landscapes, still lifes, street situations, documentaries, fashions, baptisms, communions, weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, that is, any festive event that takes place, in war, photojournalism, in advertisingMeanwhile, there are also some specializations that are linked to specific causes such as scientific photography and aerial photography.

Of the aforementioned specialties, that of photographers specialized in celebrations, such as weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, among others, turns out to be one of the most popular.

In this case, the photographer, together with his team and work tools, will be present at the place of celebration; When, for example, it is a question of weddings or birthdays of 15, generally, in addition to the photographs in the place, with the guests and with the highlights of the celebration, sessions in some other place, a park, a square, and either with the bride, the couple, their family or with the birthday girl / boy.

Meanwhile, once his task is finished at the place of the celebration, the photographer's task will not be fully completed, because there is still work to be done ... because once he has the photographs he will summon whoever has hired him to show him all the material registered and generally, in this meeting, you will be asked for some more copies of some photographs, enlargements of others and you will have to deliver the final work in a photo album.

Another well-known branch of the profession is that of photojournalist, which is that professional of the media, especially of the written ones, who is in charge of recording the images of those news events. For this purpose, you must travel to the precise place where the events occur to capture them with your camera.

And finally, within this category, we could also include the paparazzi, which are those photographers who are exclusively concerned with recording photographs of celebrities, almost all taken red-handed, in some intimate place in which they could interfere, for example, the images of a famous person on the beach during their vacations, they are always the result of the work of some paparazzi.

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