What makes a "photographer"?
Feb 23, 2020 13:31:37 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
The master has deleted more images than the beginner has ever taken.
Feb 23, 2020 14:09:39 #
BRENDAis SCOTTISH wrote:
Is it the camera..shooting in raw..number of pictures taken..passion..can cell phones count? Do you have to sell a photo to be a 'professional'.the number of photos taken..I am very interested in what everyone's opinions are. Let's make this thread non-argumentative.
You are a photographer if you take pictures regardless of what you use. You are a professional photographer if you earn money from the pictures that you took.
What kind of camera, quality of your photos, how you did it are not relevant.
Feb 23, 2020 14:11:52 #
Longshadow wrote:
So a photographer is a good picture taker.
(Now is that "good pictures" or does well?)
(Now is that "good pictures" or does well?)
To me good has nothing to do with it.
Feb 23, 2020 14:20:13 #
Feb 23, 2020 14:25:55 #
BebuLamar wrote:
You are a photographer if you take pictures regardless of what you use. You are a professional photographer if you earn money from the pictures that you took.
What kind of camera, quality of your photos, how you did it are not relevant.
What kind of camera, quality of your photos, how you did it are not relevant.
BINGO!
Feb 23, 2020 14:26:36 #
BebuLamar wrote:
To me good has nothing to do with it.
"Good" is an adjective.
Feb 23, 2020 14:40:40 #
BebuLamar wrote:
You are a photographer if you take pictures regardless of what you use. You are a professional photographer if you earn money from the pictures that you took.
What kind of camera, quality of your photos, how you did it are not relevant.
What kind of camera, quality of your photos, how you did it are not relevant.
I’m not convinced that just earning some money from selling your pictures is sufficient to earn the designation of professional. At some point there needs to be some threshold one must pass to legitimately make that claim. For example, selling less than a half dozen prints to friends and neighbors doesn’t seem to make that grade, in my mind. As I posted earlier, many major competitions set the bar at 10K. I suppose that could be considered a bit arbitrary, but it does seem fairly reasonable. Anyone selling that much is more likely to be conducting business as a business, something that sets them apart from the vast majority of amateurs.
Feb 23, 2020 15:26:52 #
I was asked by someone at church this morning "Are you a photographer?" I responded "I enjoy taking pictures" because I don't want to be 'pigeon holed' even though I had a Pentax Q-7 1/1.7" camera in the bag over my shoulder at the moment. If you get 100 of us, you will probably get 101 answers to the question.
Feb 23, 2020 15:40:34 #
Everyone has a digital camera, even if just their phone. Does that make everyone a photographer?
Feb 23, 2020 15:50:15 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Everyone has a digital camera, even if just their phone. Does that make everyone a photographer?
Doesn't make them a Buick.
Feb 23, 2020 15:50:56 #
BRENDAis SCOTTISH wrote:
Is it the camera..shooting in raw..number of pictures taken..passion..can cell phones count? Do you have to sell a photo to be a 'professional'.the number of photos taken..I am very interested in what everyone's opinions are. Let's make this thread non-argumentative.
In my opinion, a photograper is someone that makes a living from it! If not he/she's having a hobby!
Feb 23, 2020 15:55:38 #
Feb 23, 2020 15:56:36 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
A photographer and their money are easily parted.
Then I am definitely not a "photographer".
Feb 23, 2020 16:07:08 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Everyone has a digital camera, even if just their phone. Does that make everyone a photographer?
As I posted previously,. "everyone is a photographer until "M"".
Feb 23, 2020 16:11:48 #
speters wrote:
In my opinion, a photograper is someone that makes a living from it! If not he/she's having a hobby!
But he's still a photographer..... just a hobbyist.
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