| Ansel Adams, the renowned photographer from | | | | service to service. |
| America, famous for his black and white | | | | What commercial photographer shoots is basically |
| photographs, had said, "Negative is the equivalent of | | | | meant for promoting this product or service or idea |
| the composer's score, and the print the | | | | to the people who form the target audience for it. |
| performance". And the performance of a commercial | | | | Although this form of photography involves similar |
| photographer is best judged by the response the | | | | equipments and has similar elements as compared to |
| client gets on any advertisement he places in any | | | | the other branches of photography, yet there is a |
| kind of medium. By response, we mean the | | | | big difference in the work of a commercial |
| acceptance and the action taken by the target | | | | photographer and that difference is that he shoots |
| audience, to whom the ad is directed. | | | | to impress people while most of the others shoot to |
| The work of a commercial photographer is different | | | | impress themselves, satisfy their desire to capture |
| from other kind of photographers in the same | | | | moments from life, to inform or to promote the |
| fraternity. And this difference arises chiefly due to | | | | institution of photography. |
| the fact that the work is meant to impress a target | | | | Life of a commercial photographer is quite challenging |
| audience. The entire work of a commercial | | | | but it is also full of rewards. And these rewards are |
| photographer is surrounding the target group which is | | | | more in monetary terms than mental satisfaction of |
| basically a group of consumers or potential | | | | the professional. If your clicks clique well with the |
| consumers for a particular product. Each product, | | | | target group, you can expect more work, more |
| service or any idea has a particular set of target | | | | projects and therefore more money flowing in. |
| customers which differs from product to product or | | | | |