Rick from NY wrote:
Bingo! Sorry to be so harsh, but this entire thread defines snob element. 2 pages discussing semantics? Picture v. Photograph? Cell phone camera v. “Real” camera? At the end of the day, what matters is whether the image or capture or picture or photograph pleases the photographer, whether he/she is an amateur, pro, hobbyist, enthusiast or whatever adjective you use to describe yourself is happy with the resulting image or capture or picture or photograph.
“Real” photographers don’t care about labels; they care about results. I have sold cell phone photos (or were they images or captures or pictures or photographs?) printed as large as 24x30 and that’s what mattered most to me.
What I had in my hands at the time doesn’t make a bit of difference to me as long as the buyer’s check clears. If you get shot in the heart with a zip gun or an assault rifle, you are still dead.
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