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Mar 25, 2024 10:26:30   #
dustie Loc: Nose to the grindstone
 
R.G. wrote:
Everybody has memories that they can recall. A photograph is a memory on steroids.


Hey now, that's encouraging.
If it's done properly, camera users have opportunity to acquire and maintain clear photographic memory.

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Mar 25, 2024 10:41:24   #
A. T.
 
CHG_CANON wrote:
Would it change your level of effort? Your approach and / or level of consideration? Your purpose for raising the camera?


Great thoughts.

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Mar 25, 2024 10:46:05   #
A. T.
 
dustie wrote:
It seems to have changed a bit, expanded possibly, since the purpose interest bug first bit me. So, it may change more as time passes...who can know.
Is it fair to include that?

•• get a visible, tangible record of an object or scene, for a memory jogging tool, and for the memory basis in preparation for the days memory between the ears fades and goes bye-bye

•• try to learn more the ways and means to improve the output result, to move farther from beginner "plain and blah" toward the "never-ending reach for real excellence" through pursuit of better capture and processing knowledge and experience

•• an outlet for non-verbal deep appreciations and emotion anchors of the soul through efforts to learn the craft well enough to produce pictures of communication that have soul
It seems to have changed a bit, expanded possibly,... (show quote)


Wow!!

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Mar 25, 2024 10:52:55   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
Two things: enjoying the mechanical/technological aspect and taking nice pictures.

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Mar 25, 2024 12:17:51   #
genocolo Loc: Vail and Gasparilla Island
 
I take photos to remember the beauty, the people, the place, the fun, the unique moment in time that struck me, and to record what i was doing in a particular year.

I often go back and look at the photos which inspire good and enjoyable memories which would not be pulled up without the photo.
I have heard that our brains retain all of our experiences, almost like a video. (See, “Defending Your Life”).

The problem is that we can’t access all our memories. My photos help retrieve them.

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Mar 25, 2024 12:48:24   #
Ruthlessrider
 
CHG_CANON wrote:
Imagine your photography as if you approached every image as if it were your last.


Bite your tongue.

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Mar 25, 2024 13:35:06   #
Jesterman
 
My Photography provides me a great deal of joy.

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Mar 25, 2024 14:05:33   #
Kowa91 Loc: Columbus, Ohio
 
My main purpose is to create images which are visually appealing (at least to me). I can't paint, nor draw with any satisfaction. But sometimes, I am able to capture an image that gives me great pleasure. I've learned that I enjoy color above black and white, but admire a good B&W image. Photography has kept me outdoors and enjoying the seasons year 'round. And sometimes, my pictures bring joy to others.

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Mar 25, 2024 14:47:05   #
RickL Loc: Vail, Az
 
I come from a family of artists. For us photography is enjoyable but our goal is to capture the magnificence of nature through our photography. So every day we work at our craft to improve it. Being married to a gifted photographer makes it enjoyable and challenging.

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Mar 25, 2024 15:07:38   #
Physlab Loc: Portland, OR
 
JD750,

Here are a few reasons.

1. Create memories.
2. Make images as a hobby to keep me learning and observing the beautiful world I might miss if I were not carrying a camera. (Includes a smart phone.)
3. I thoroughly enjoy working with images. Creating black and white photos. Adding clouds. Dodging and Burning. Working to bring about the Orton Effect. Seeing what I am able to do with infrared photos, etc.
4. I take my "best" images and create a YouTube video at the end of the year and substitute if for Christmas cards. The photos are set to music, another hobby that speaks to the heart.

Bottom line is that photography is an enriching activity that has no boundaries.

Lowell

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Mar 25, 2024 15:45:57   #
rbmcdill Loc: St. Louis, MO
 
When that question is asked, I find most often that they want to know if I want to become a professional photographer. If they mean what type of photography you specialize in, I say flowers and travel. I also don't do well before sunrise.

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Mar 25, 2024 21:49:33   #
frangeo Loc: Texas
 
Support my family, satisfy my creativeness, provide great memories for my clients.

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Mar 26, 2024 01:45:05   #
RodeoMan Loc: St Joseph, Missouri
 
burkphoto wrote:
I sympathize with you, and the conundrum of turning a hobby into a job. I spent 8 years as a corporate AV producer. It was non-stop, 50+ hours a week, and burned me out on photography for a while. I took another job in the company as a result of all that hard work, so it paid off in spades, but it was about a decade before I got interested in picking up the camera for fun again.

But as my journalism teacher said about me when I was a high school senior, "You can take the boy out of the eighth grade, but you can't take the eighth grade out of the boy." She had grabbed me out of the hallway when I was in 8th grade, and told me I would be the newspaper and yearbook photographer if I wanted to be. A friend of mine had sent her some of my prints... She became my first mentor in life, and one of the best! I took five courses from her in English and journalism, and credit her with my eventual focus. She was tough as nails, but as good hearted and as determined to teach as they come.
I sympathize with you, and the conundrum of turnin... (show quote)


A teacher often makes the difference in a child's life.

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Mar 26, 2024 01:50:33   #
RodeoMan Loc: St Joseph, Missouri
 
[quote=Thomas902][i]"What is your purpose in photography?"[i]
To meet and/or exceed my client's expectations...
Nothing else really matters shootings commercial gigs.

My role model? Linda Evangelista One of the most accomplished and influential Fashion Models of all time.
In the Fashion paradigm currency is Published Tear Sheets. Linda has over 700 magazine covers.

Quoted here from an October 1990 issue of Vogue...
"We don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day."

Linda "Gets it"
I suggest others here might consider reflecting on Linda's ethos...

Rather than making Photo Kit vendors wealthy maybe increase your on net worth instead...
Just a thought...[/quote]

There are many ways to measure wealth other than how much lucre you can accumulate.

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Mar 26, 2024 01:54:06   #
RodeoMan Loc: St Joseph, Missouri
 
R.G. wrote:
Everybody has memories that they can recall. A photograph is a memory on steroids.


And one with some degree of permanence, especially if it is printed and labelled.

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