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Skills that get you hired again

• Steadicam and gimbal work

  Body-mounted stabilized camera work is a separate, better-paid specialty.

• Drone flying

  Commercial drone work requires the Federal Aviation Administration's Part 107 remote pilot certificate, which is a written knowledge test.

• Lighting

  Operators who understand what the lighting crew is doing get called back.

• Color and editing

  Knowing what happens to your footage afterwards changes how you shoot it.

• Live multi-camera

  Sports, concerts and news. Unglamorous, steady, and it pays.