Photo Imaging 

In this field, there are around 44,000 people employed in the UK. As with many of the media sectors, photo imaging covers a wide range of jobs and areas. 

Being a photographer is not the only job within this sector. Now, many people are employed to retouch old photographs and use software such as Adobe Photoshop and Adobe illustrator to improve the quality of existing photographs and alter them in an array of different ways. Of course, being a photographer can be an independent business, with many people being self employed under this title and being hired to do events such as wedding photography and concert photography.

Metro is a reasonably large and well established photo imaging company based in London. They have been around, as a business, for 33 years. They are not only involved with photography, but also provide printing services and expertise. They claim to be industry leaders in the UK.

On their website, managing director Ben Richardson says:

"The strength of the Metro brand and what it stands for is very important to me; we are known for quality, service and innovation. However, we couldn't have achieved this without giving everyone at Metro the opportunity to develop themselves and each other both professionally and creatively. Metro may be my baby, but everyone who works here is its uncle or auntie."  

An example of another photo imaging company, also in the UK is Igma Imaging. They have this to say about their company:

"We understand that essentially all technology is the same, but it is how it is used that makes any company different. With a growing reputation as a graphics solution provider, we work with many names both big and small to provide innovative results for graphic display. For the world’s largest coffee retailer we provide just in time solutions for their rolling expansion programme which requires consistant, reliable supply both in quality and timing."