As a freelance product photographer, you work on a contract basis, photographing products for print or online retail. Product photographers can work for manufacturing wholesalers and sales representatives, advertising and marketing agencies, and lifestyle and food magazines, but as a freelancer, you are an independent contractor that can work in multiple fields. However, your duties change from job to job. For example, a freelance product photographer who specializes in photographing jewelry for magazine ads sets up a studio space where they can take photos of the jewelry pieces, arranges the products, and then photographs them. Other duties and responsibilities include editing photographs, working with a stylist or styling a photo shoot yourself, and maintaining a portfolio of work.