Comments on: Who Qualifies As A Photographer? http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/04/30/who-qualifies-as-a-photographer/ A Photography Resource for the Aspiring Hobbyist Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:02:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Lisa http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/04/30/who-qualifies-as-a-photographer/#comment-59268 Lisa Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:11:34 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/04/30/who-qualifies-as-a-photographer/#comment-59268 I quoted you (the hobbiest part at the end of your article) on a Photography Hobbiest group I just started on Facebook. I credited the quote totally to you with a link back to http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/04/30/who-qualifies-as-a-photographer/. I hope you don't mind, but it totally said everything I wanted to but didn't quite form in my mind. :) Thanks! Link to group for Facebook users: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=11888182478 I quoted you (the hobbiest part at the end of your article) on a Photography Hobbiest group I just started on Facebook. I credited the quote totally to you with a link back to http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/04/30/who-qualifies-as-a-photographer/.

I hope you don’t mind, but it totally said everything I wanted to but didn’t quite form in my mind. :)

Thanks!

Link to group for Facebook users: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=11888182478

]]> By: Webhost http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/04/30/who-qualifies-as-a-photographer/#comment-47732 Webhost Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:45:58 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/04/30/who-qualifies-as-a-photographer/#comment-47732 Brian, this is a great article. I consider my self hobbyist too. Those words remembered someone: "We drool over that piece of equipment we can’t afford, and we find that we’re never quite satisfied with what we already have."... That's our hobbyist attitude. (Sad for us, because I have some friends that make incredibly good pictures with pretty old equipment.) Keep good work. Brian, this is a great article. I consider my self hobbyist too.
Those words remembered someone: “We drool over that piece of equipment we can’t afford, and we find that we’re never quite satisfied with what we already have.”… That’s our hobbyist attitude. (Sad for us, because I have some friends that make incredibly good pictures with pretty old equipment.)

Keep good work.

]]> By: Junius Fullard- Digital Photography http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/04/30/who-qualifies-as-a-photographer/#comment-39570 Junius Fullard- Digital Photography Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:39:07 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/04/30/who-qualifies-as-a-photographer/#comment-39570 I think that you are either hobbiest or pro. You either get paid to do it, or you do it just because you like it. I am no pro, I am a hobbiest trying to get better at it. I think that you are either hobbiest or pro. You either get paid to do it, or you do it just because you like it.
I am no pro, I am a hobbiest trying to get better at it.

]]> By: Alan Cook http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/04/30/who-qualifies-as-a-photographer/#comment-37143 Alan Cook Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:31:07 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/04/30/who-qualifies-as-a-photographer/#comment-37143 I will call myself a photography hobbyist instead of photographer. This is because my skill is lousy. I will call myself a photography hobbyist instead of photographer. This is because my skill is lousy.

]]> By: Drew http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/04/30/who-qualifies-as-a-photographer/#comment-35034 Drew Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:30:24 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/04/30/who-qualifies-as-a-photographer/#comment-35034 I was a pro for 18 years capturing medium to high end weddings. When you had to get it correct on film and not be trained using your digital display. Every industry will move through changes and digital photography created a huge shift. I was a pro for 18 years capturing medium to high end weddings. When you had to get it correct on film and not be trained using your digital display. Every industry will move through changes and digital photography created a huge shift.

]]> By: John Leahy-Curran http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/04/30/who-qualifies-as-a-photographer/#comment-2207 John Leahy-Curran Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:50:32 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/04/30/who-qualifies-as-a-photographer/#comment-2207 That is about right, I agree. It is intention but also additionally what is behind that shot, i.e., like the mark made on the tie. It is the life experience represented by that mark or shot; and that individuals training informing that image, etc. Maybe that is a partial answer to "who qualifies as a photographer?" Sure a 4year can take a picture but there is nothing behind that picture, no problem solving, no understanding of the history of art let alone photography, etc, etc. or as much as a 4year old can put behind such an image... and maybe a 4year old history. Take even your own self history. you have life behind you but how much photographic experience or visual training, etc. do you have? It may not make it better or worse but it does make it informed. And sure, Henri got the shot he intended while the 4 year old got it by chance. However, it is not so much Henri has a process by which he can do it consistently but that the 4year really doesn't have one or has even at least a process which is clearly developed... like most people who just point-and-shoot, they just like doing it. That is about right, I agree. It is intention but also additionally what is behind that shot, i.e., like the mark made on the tie. It is the life experience represented by that mark or shot; and that individuals training informing that image, etc. Maybe that is a partial answer to “who qualifies as a photographer?” Sure a 4year can take a picture but there is nothing behind that picture, no problem solving, no understanding of the history of art let alone photography, etc, etc. or as much as a 4year old can put behind such an image… and maybe a 4year old history. Take even your own self history. you have life behind you but how much photographic experience or visual training, etc. do you have? It may not make it better or worse but it does make it informed. And sure, Henri got the shot he intended while the 4 year old got it by chance. However, it is not so much Henri has a process by which he can do it consistently but that the 4year really doesn’t have one or has even at least a process which is clearly developed… like most people who just point-and-shoot, they just like doing it.

]]> By: Brian Auer http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/04/30/who-qualifies-as-a-photographer/#comment-2182 Brian Auer Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:45:13 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/04/30/who-qualifies-as-a-photographer/#comment-2182 My first thought on this is that the difference between the three photos is the intent when the photo was taken. Visually they might look the same, but I'm pretty sure Henri got the shot he intended while the 4 year old got it by chance -- and I'm probably somewhere between the two. Is that what you were thinking, or did you have something else in mind? My first thought on this is that the difference between the three photos is the intent when the photo was taken. Visually they might look the same, but I’m pretty sure Henri got the shot he intended while the 4 year old got it by chance — and I’m probably somewhere between the two. Is that what you were thinking, or did you have something else in mind?

]]> By: John Leahy-Curran http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/04/30/who-qualifies-as-a-photographer/#comment-2172 John Leahy-Curran Tue, 05 Jun 2007 05:45:14 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/04/30/who-qualifies-as-a-photographer/#comment-2172 lets look at this a bit differently. There are three men's neck ties and Picasso, a 4-year old and you in a room. you each take the same brush, dip it in the same can of blue paint, make the same "exact" mark. which is art and why? is picasso's any different than the 4-year olds? It is the exact mark looking at it after all. how about you and the 4-year old? this brings us right to your question: "Who Qualifies As A Photographer?"... "and why?" should follow. well, there is an answer but maybe the question should be phrased more specifically... And now let's think about is there a difference between say the "same identical picture/photo of anything" a 4-year old, Henri C-B, and you take?(I mean exactly, you can't tell the difference between the three of you who took what!) well, is there? You better believe it there is! if you can't figure it out or understand why let me know. lets look at this a bit differently. There are three men’s neck ties and Picasso, a 4-year old and you in a room. you each take the same brush, dip it in the same can of blue paint, make the same “exact” mark. which is art and why? is picasso’s any different than the 4-year olds? It is the exact mark looking at it after all. how about you and the 4-year old? this brings us right to your question: “Who Qualifies As A Photographer?”… “and why?” should follow.
well, there is an answer but maybe the question should be phrased more specifically… And now let’s think about is there a difference between say the “same identical picture/photo of anything” a 4-year old, Henri C-B, and you take?(I mean exactly, you can’t tell the difference between the three of you who took what!) well, is there? You better believe it there is!
if you can’t figure it out or understand why let me know.

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]]> By: DVPhoto » Blog Archive » What is Photography? http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/04/30/who-qualifies-as-a-photographer/#comment-1276 DVPhoto » Blog Archive » What is Photography? Wed, 02 May 2007 21:01:01 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/04/30/who-qualifies-as-a-photographer/#comment-1276 [...] I’ve been reading quite a lot of blog posts lately about such things as, Who Qualifies As A Photographer?, and Philosophy of Photography: Photograph versus a Snapshot. These are questions that I’m sure have been asked since shortly after a second person made themselves a light tight box and started making images. However, during times of upheaval in the photographic world, I think these questions are naturally asked more often. And the times we find ourselves in now, with not only the digital revolution happening, but online communities making it easier than ever before for even the lowliest of photographers to be seen. It is because of this that we are hearing more often than ever before, the question: Are Digital Cameras destroying photography? I have to say no, they are not. [...] [...] I’ve been reading quite a lot of blog posts lately about such things as, Who Qualifies As A Photographer?, and Philosophy of Photography: Photograph versus a Snapshot. These are questions that I’m sure have been asked since shortly after a second person made themselves a light tight box and started making images. However, during times of upheaval in the photographic world, I think these questions are naturally asked more often. And the times we find ourselves in now, with not only the digital revolution happening, but online communities making it easier than ever before for even the lowliest of photographers to be seen. It is because of this that we are hearing more often than ever before, the question: Are Digital Cameras destroying photography? I have to say no, they are not. [...]

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