Research Paper
The job that I chose was Scientific Photography. According to “Student Scholarships” (2016) a scientific photographer’s average day at work would be working with other photographers by being assigned to go somewhere to take pictures, or at a clinical trial taking pictures of findings. They could also go to big well known cities to take pictures of people in a natural state while using different kinds of imaging methods to make the pictures look unique. During this day working with other professionals you take good pictures, make money, while having a good work experience. Being a scientific photographer will give you really fun experiences, a new insight of the world, and of the people around you.
As explained by Obichukwu (2016), the roles and responsibilities of a scientific photographer are to record observations, and show …show more content…
One of the units we did that relates to my job was “The Miracle Fish?” in the Evolution unit. This unit has to do with scientific photography because in it we talked and learned about extinct and endangered species of different types of animals. (Henderson, 2008, pg. 22) wrote that in scientific photography you can take pictures of animals that are in the interest of scientists, which are usually endangered species. This brings me to the exciting reasons why I chose this career. For one, I love taking pictures of animals. But as (Bizony, 2004, pgs. 80, 166, & 58) has explained, in scientific photography you can take pictures of animals and humans insides, bacteria, bones, and cells with a microscope (micrography). Scientific photographers also take up close pictures of planets with a telescope too. These things are exciting to me because with the naked eye it’s hard to see these things, but when you are in this type of photography you see things people don’t see