How to become a Photographer

Official title: Photographers

Uses cameras to photograph people, events, scenes and products.

Main tasks

• Take portraits and group photos, and photographs for advertising, other industries or science, for publication in newspapers, magazines and other media
• Study special requirements and decide the cameras, lighting and backdrops to use
• Decide the composition of shots and skilfully adjust equipment and subjects
• Scan photographs into computers, or edit images on a computer
• Use existing photographs to create new digital images for multimedia products

Ways in

• Technical college: Technical and vocational college programme. Universities of science and technology and junior colleges run departments in related fields: audio-visual techniques and media production (0211); journalism and communication (0321). Departments in academic year 114 (2025-26): four-year technical bachelor's (四技) 5, two-year technical bachelor's (二技) 2, five-year junior college (五專) 1. Fields matched to the occupation by Peernovo.; Technician certificate: Photography. National technician skill test (技術士技能檢定) run by the Workforce Development Agency, trade 204 攝影. Tested at grade C (丙級). Peernovo links this trade to the occupation.

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Average pay: NT$559,000 a year
• Demand for Legal, social and cultural jobs is projected at about 190,000 in 2024 and about 216,000 in 2030. (+13.7%)
• Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.

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Questions people ask

How do I become a Photographer?

Ways in include: Technical and vocational college programme; Technician certificate: Photography.

How much does a Photographer earn in Taiwan?

Average pay is NT$559,000 a year (Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics).

Is a Photographer a growing career in Taiwan?

Demand for this job family is projected to change 13.7% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).

Will AI change the work of a Photographer?

Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics: Occupational Wage Survey (職類別薪資調查) (2025 survey (July 2025 monthly, 2024 annual), released 2026-05-29), Open Government Data License, version 1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
• National Development Council: Final manpower demand projections by occupation (職業別最終人力需求推估) (2025 to 2030 (base 2024), 13 job families), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026