Photographers on Dirty

[MikeyC]

Originally Posted by viddy

Some of my pics, from the city by the lake.

For about a six month period, I carried my digital camera with me every single day where ever I went. I literally have a folder of pictures and video for every single day for six months.

viddy,
a lot of these are really nice. enjoyed looking through your stuff. loved all the skylines. 1814 and 2483 are favorites for sure.

[sola sistim]

http://jamesruff.deviantart.com/

i havnt taken photos in aaaaaaaaaages.
thinkin about gettin a new camera..

[kid cue]

Originally Posted by sola sistim

i havnt taken photos in aaaaaaaaaages.
thinkin about gettin a new camera..

me neither .. i might take my Mamiya to Italy next week, but i'll probably just want to eat sausages the whole time. i bought a Contax point+shoot that i was really excited about but haven't really gotten into, maybe this will be the time.

[crazysugarboy]

I have some pix here:
http://crazysugarboy.deviantart.com/

[Sean]

Here's a link to some pages of pictures I've taken over the past year or so.

[myrrh]

That is a great site Sean. I love the way you can make those layouts! I had been looking for something like that for awhile.

[MikeyC]

Originally Posted by Sean

Here's a link to some pages of pictures I've taken over the past year or so.

i like those shots of the wine bottles. i actually thought they were the sides of buildings shot at night until i read beneath. my safari kept crashing when i was checking out your site. had to get to with ie. dont know if youre a mac user but was wondering if anyone else had that problem?

[crank]

I love that i asked a simple question and got pages of responses!

You can't really have a discussion or review work, portfolios, or just browse snapshots if you don't know the rules of the engagement can you?

Your photographer, the one who said he wasn't a photographer and yet IS/ WAS(?) is just being modest probably.

I don't have much time right now (i have too many projects that need to get out the door) but I wanted to throw a couple of pennies into the ring.

crAnk.
PS Karl prob. wouldn't refer to himself as a photographer either. but he IS.
anyone is a potential photographer. but here's a thought: how often can you do it well? a 10 year old can have one amazing picture and then not take his next great picture until he's 20. does that define him as a photographer?

Just because i pick up a brush and put paint on it, and put paint on a wall doesnt make me a 'painter' anymore than one who shoots pix casually is a 'photographer'

definitions are critical and crucial because the playing field isn't the same

[MikeyC]

Originally Posted by crank

Your photographer, the one who said he wasn't a photographer and yet IS/ WAS(?) is just being modest probably.

he did not say he wasnt a photographer. he said he considered himself to be an amateur photographer. if you are doing work out of personal reasons rather than finance, even if money does come from it in some way, then you are by definition an amateur.

Originally Posted by crank

PS Karl prob. wouldn't refer to himself as a photographer either. but he IS.
anyone is a potential photographer. but here's a thought: how often can you do it well? a 10 year old can have one amazing picture and then not take his next great picture until he's 20. does that define him as a photographer?

doing it well does not come into it at all. we could both look at the work of one "photographer" with you thinking it is amazing and me calling it trash. so if by my saying that the person does not have a single decent photograph, are we to simply say that the person who took the images is not a photographer? if you shoot pictures, again by definition, you are a photographer.

Originally Posted by crank

Just because i pick up a brush and put paint on it, and put paint on a wall doesnt make me a 'painter' anymore than one who shoots pix casually is a 'photographer'

i am going to sound like a prick saying it, but i dont mean this in a rude way. the people who come to your house and put paint on the walls are called painters. they paint. you do however have to judge them with a different set of criteria as it is painting in a different realm. the same is true in looking at the work between a professional and amateur photographer. both are working with very different goals and that has to be taken into account.

i think a major problem is that people often take "professional" to mean good... and "amateur" to mean someone not as skilled and learning.

[crank]

nope, doesn't sound rude at all.
you made my point for me (although i skimmed)

but a painter who paints portraits: artist
painter who paints walls: craftsman.

are there terms?
Does it matter?
photographer who photographs for a living: prof. photog?
photographer who's an amateur: amateur photog?

are there any rules? sounds like you are basically saying everyone is everthing all the time. no?