A professional who operates photographic equipment to photograph finish of horse race. Responsibilities include:

• Loads film into camera and advances to picture taking position.
• Sights camera on finish line and adjusts exposure controls and focus.
• Observes race and starts camera as horses approach finish line.
• Stops camera after last horse has crossed finish line.
• Removes exposed film from camera and places it into film-developing machine that automatically develops film.
• Prints and enlarges photographs used to determine winner of race when finish is close.