glyphtrix

Since you asked..
I have documented, tested, analysis skills at the 96% percentile according to ONET
Occupational Testing. It's designed to measure skills and abilities and compare and rank them against other individuals on a national level .

Which means,
I'm in the top 4% percent of persons in this whole nation with the capability to understand, analyse and CORRECTLY respond to BOTH, the question as stated, AND to clarify or assert the relevant or appropriate question that apparently was INTENDED to have been asked by the op (or perhaps, ought to have been: according to the answers that he seems to be accepting- AS DEMONSTRATED by his bias in with his presupposed answer which I have outlined ad nauseam);
AND to furnish a correct answer.

MY position is also in agreement with multiple language reading members who have similarly concurred with my pronouncement;
AND OTHER HIGHLY SKILLED UHH MEMBERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS WHOSE ANSWERS INDICATE
my position is more correct then the median replies have been.

Arrogance often belies intelligence.
I won't bore you with that particular quotient either.

To my shame, I often DO lack humility, civility and have little use or patience for stupidity in general.

None the less, NUMEROUS members have answered as I have indicated;
I have merely summed up the replies - in a different manner.

Its hard to be civil and even polite amongst people who can't comprehend at a high school reading level.

Sorry
Thanks for the behavioral criticism.

tdekany Loc: Oregon

What does that say about the membership of this thread? Seems that most don’t know what they are reading.

Rich1939 Loc: Pike County Penna.

Yes you are. I bow before your magnificence.

tdekany Loc: Oregon

“So be it”is right, but that still doesn’t guarantee that the finished product is pro quality work. That was not what SS was trying to ask.

SS also did not ask about what makes a professional photographer professional.

BFS Loc: Queen City, MO

SS, so are you saying that what one is looking for in a PRO/high quality photo is the composition of the photo in that it has a uniqueness that moves above just a shot of the subject? Or is there more? I know when I see photos that just grab the eye that they are far above what I shoot but I can not see what it is that makes it so. I was thinking it was the editing of the photos and the smoothness they had but now I'm questioning that to be the case.

tdekany Loc: Oregon

Too bad it isn’t helping your photo skills. But don’t feel bad, most of us are in the same boat.

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

I didn't follow the links earlier, my bad, and did not comment on them. I think they are excellent examples, but for myself the value would be in why they qualify (or otherwise) as 'professional level', more so than our individual opinions of yes or no.

What are the attributes of professional level photography? Is it merely image quality, or is there something else?

We have had a number of good answers so far, and some that failed to address the titular question: "What Constitutes Professional Level Photography???"

I think there is significant value in this potential discussion if we focus on the attributes of professional level quality.

tdekany Loc: Oregon

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

TD, I haven't seen them yet. What page are they on, or post a link.
I'll be glad to say something.
I'm still on pg 6! LoL

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

Yes, I think so too!
Funny, because we've had 22 pages that haven't actually contributed anything, except may to establish what a pro is!
But this is about the actual images, not who took them !!
Cheers!
SS

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

OK, I'm not volunteering to do this, but we've had a number of suggestions about attributes.

Single image include lighting, composition, etc.

Multiple images include consistency, repeatability etc.,

Haven't seen too much yet about subjects, sports, portrait, street, macro, landscape etc.

How about collating the attributes that meet 'professional level' results by categories, those above and others?

tdekany Loc: Oregon

Sorry I missed this post.

www.fredmiranda.com

canon Lee

To all .... I'm folding my hand, so deal me out. This conversation is just going in circles. Moving on folks!

Motorbones Loc: Fair Oaks, CA

The word professional is rooted in the word profession which is indicative to the concept of belief and commitment. There are many people who claim to be professional 000.but as soon as you give them your money and they're gone
..WHAM... What you got was not what you paid for in quality... Ahhh...now there's that word... quality which is defined as meeting customers expectations or requirements. Ergo, a professional photograph is one that meets the expectations of whoever the picture is taken for. This usually means meeting the parameters of focus, composition, yada..yada..yada..
Professional quality can be defined as something of art, replication of a scene, or the capture or recording of an event.
Finally, how many people see a photograph and the first thing that pops into their head is.. WOW!!! What a professional looking photograph... Probably not very often...
In the long and short of it all, unless there's an established set of parameters established by some governing or professional body or individual... the only thing left that is consistent, is someone paying for the bloody picture. If so, then it is a professional photograph... All else is art, beauty, or story telling...

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

Perhaps it is going in circles because the race has not yet begun. Very few have appeared to understand the essence of SS's question, and even fewer have addressed it in any meaningful way, yet SS has made it very clear what he intended to include and what he did not intend to include.

Perhaps it is simply reading comprehension 101.