Picture editor

In choosing photographs and illustrations, picture editors take into account their publication's standards, needs, and budget.

and organizational skills to produce a photo shoot which means may involve hiring studios, models, prop and wardrobe stylists, set builders, and hair and makeup professionals.

The picture editor has a thorough knowledge of photographers working in many genres and located in many part of the globe; they understand copyright and legal standards for all types of photographic usage and may also need to be familiar with moving images (videos).

[2] A picture editor knows how to find the most relevant image to suit the content they have to illustrate.

[3] New technologies and the omnipresence of images nowadays have drastically changed the way picture editors work.