Press Photographers/photojournalists: Photojournalists is the term where you have to click pictures for the press. This career role demands an ability to photograph all kinds of newsworthy people, places, sports, political, and community events for newspapers, journals, magazines, or television. A photojournalist must possess a journalistic sense to shoot a good news picture.
Featured Photographers: Feature photography involves describing a story through pictures and requires a thorough knowledge of the subject. Many photographers specialize in the photography of wildlife, sports travel, environment, etc.
Commercial (industrial) Photographers: Photographer has to take pictures of merchandise, exteriors, and interiors of factories, and machinery both indoors and outdoors to be used for company brochures, annual reports, and in advertising and selling.
Portrait and Wedding Photographers: Photographer has to take pictures of individuals or small groups, handling subjects like pets, children, families, weddings, functions, and activities of sports and social clubs.
Advertising Photographers: Connected with the photographic departments of advertising agencies, photographic studios. They are also a freelance photographer. Advertising photography is possibly the best-paid and most competitive branch of all; success in this sphere depends entirely on ability, efficiency, and the right personality.
Fashion Photographers: Recently developed in India, the bulk of fashion photography is carried out in either Mumbai or Delhi and involves highly sophisticated and well-equipped studios by freelancers commissioned by fashion houses of advertising agencies.
Scientific Photographer: They typically possess additional knowledge in engineering, medicine, biology, or chemistry, which assists them in photographing a range of subject-related objects or scientific phenomena. This career role offers a variety of work in terms of assignments. For example, one can work with news reporters or work as freelancers on independent projects on the environment, wildlife, and other allied fields.
Freelance Photographer: Freelancing has been the most popular career choice among photographers. Photographers who want to be self-employed need to have business management skills. They can do freelancing in any of the above fields. They are not working for any particular agency or firm.
Travelling Photography: This kind of photography is to travel and click the picture of the destination. Travel the world, explore new places, and capture what you see through the eyes. From picturesque landscapes to beaches and mountains, traveling is generally an option one doesn’t simply turn down to the culture and tradition.
Environment Photography: They are related to nature and wildlife. This sounds bit risky, exploring jungles, forests to clicking a variety of shots in any weather, nature is exquisite. Wildlife photography requires intensive training as other than your photography skills, and your survival skills are pretty much needed.