Why do people take pictures?
Sep 1, 2017 11:31:00 #
Lee, you have offered a subject that has so many answers that it is impossible to answer.
We are humans with many views and quirks. All are valid.
This is a good place to ask this question. You will get more answers than you can handle. Good Luck.
Don
We are humans with many views and quirks. All are valid.
This is a good place to ask this question. You will get more answers than you can handle. Good Luck.
Don
canon Lee wrote:
Aside from commercial photography why do people take pictures? What do they do with them?
Sep 1, 2017 11:32:40 #
Simple. It does what Mother Nature cannot do. Freezes time! Stops time! Incredible, isn't it?
Sep 1, 2017 11:34:46 #
Bill_de wrote:
Just because. Why do people hit a little white ball around acres of green grass?
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Yep...and there is a challenge involved.
Sep 1, 2017 11:37:02 #
I agree with this list. I do it for all these reasons myself but if I were ranking in importance I would change the order. I would leave the last one in there as last but I am a guy after all.
burkphoto wrote:
Memories
History
Self admiration
Sharing experiences
Education/instruction/training
Artistic expression
Relaxation/recreation
Porn
History
Self admiration
Sharing experiences
Education/instruction/training
Artistic expression
Relaxation/recreation
Porn
Sep 1, 2017 11:45:15 #
ballsafire
Loc: Lafayette, Louisiana
fourg1b2006 wrote:
You take a photo to capture a moment in time. It will be a wonderful remembrance in years to come.
Couldn't have said it better myself!
Sep 1, 2017 11:54:30 #
I love to use my cameras to share moments with others. I do a lot of events and give the results to folk who attended. Small way of saying thanks to people who have entered my life in some way or other.
Sep 1, 2017 11:59:31 #
ballsafire
Loc: Lafayette, Louisiana
burkphoto wrote:
Memories
History
Self admiration
Sharing experiences
Education/instruction/training
Artistic expression
Relaxation/recreation
Porn
History
Self admiration
Sharing experiences
Education/instruction/training
Artistic expression
Relaxation/recreation
Porn
Very all-inclusive reasons to take photos -- didn't think of "porn" though-LOL
Sep 1, 2017 12:15:58 #
via the lens wrote:
You're admitting that you take porn photos...as a participant on this site that one thing was much more information than I needed to know!!
Where did he admit anything? The question was: Why Do People Take Pictures? Not, Why do you as an individual take pictures?
Sep 1, 2017 12:21:55 #
A late and personal friend, special effects/make up man Leo Lotito Jr., influenced me to take up photography simply by something he said... "The film media is powerful. It freezes things in time. Things that either make us happy, sad, thought provoking, driven to action or reflective thought. We can use the media to make a statement that will last generations." RIP Leo.
Sep 1, 2017 12:27:51 #
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Sep 1, 2017 12:46:42 #
AP wrote:
I'm glad to hear your reply Haydon. Writing is much more difficult than learning how to take a picture with a camera. Mr. Lee should of realized that. It would of been better if he arranged his written words towards adult understanding not towards a child. That's way I wrote what I did; it is not an inaccurate assumption. CIAO, AP
HI. The question is not about me but about all my fellow photographers. We learn so much from each other when we share personal views about who we are.
Sep 1, 2017 12:49:53 #
via the lens wrote:
You're admitting that you take porn photos...as a participant on this site that one thing was much more information than I needed to know!!
I believe that was a joke. Lighten up snow flake.
Sep 1, 2017 12:51:25 #
via the lens wrote:
What's wrong with asking a simple question with a pointed reference to "YOU" as an individual, perhaps you misunderstood and your interpretation was "why do people take photos." We could all list many reasons why photos are taken but only YOU know why you take your photos. A big difference.
Thanks
Sep 1, 2017 12:58:04 #
Racmanaz wrote:
Why do people ask "why do people take pictures?" :)
I want to know about other photographers. What interests them why they find photography satisfying. I shoot for a living in that. I earn a living shooting what others want. I don't go out into the woods to photograph water falls, wild life or scenery. Im usually in a studio setting. I guess to answer your question is to say I am interested in what other photographers think and do. Its a community with all kinds of neighbors.
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