Richard G
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Still haven't seen The Producers. Booked it in with my daughter for next film we watch together.
Are YOU a photographer?
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It's the perfect outfit to wear to an industrial accident. His bowtie was his trademark. I still have a few and remember how to tie them.
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SO many great movies, Mel Brooks, Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, not enough time for them all.
Lucky father.
B2 (;->
chuckroast
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It's like if you own a pickup and people ask you to help them move. They think a pizza and six pack of beer is sufficient compensation for wasting a day breaking your back.
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And worse, it’s not like you can take it home, you have to share! /S
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And probably have to go get it
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What are the odds that they packed all the paper plates and napkins?
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My photography began in earnest in 2002, but it wasn't until around 2012 that I began to refer to myself as a photographer without a sense of imposter syndrome. To me, a photographer is someone who can reliably achieve desired results to a given standard, something I struggled with until then. But I had been earning a living from it from about 2007 when my work role changed and suddenly I was producing images for the company I worked for.
There was no pivotal image at the time, more the sense that I could do what was required deliberately and without hand-wringing.
I'm still learning with every job and still earning the right to call myself a photographer.
There was no pivotal image at the time, more the sense that I could do what was required deliberately and without hand-wringing.
I'm still learning with every job and still earning the right to call myself a photographer.
Torvik
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Wonderful responses here. Thank you all for sharing. 🙏
I am not focussed on taking any picture any day, any place, anymore. I am at a point where I just enjoy the experience of making a photo. Of course I am keen on making the best out of it. And I celebrate a “good enough” picture. All others are part of the experience and the journey. In the end I am just the person who happens to be in a particular place to push a button and the surroundings do all the work. But, yes, I’d consider myself a photographer. Hobby photographer.
I am not focussed on taking any picture any day, any place, anymore. I am at a point where I just enjoy the experience of making a photo. Of course I am keen on making the best out of it. And I celebrate a “good enough” picture. All others are part of the experience and the journey. In the end I am just the person who happens to be in a particular place to push a button and the surroundings do all the work. But, yes, I’d consider myself a photographer. Hobby photographer.
Yokosuka Mike
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Am I a photographer?
If a stranger walked up to me and asked me what I was or what I do I’m sure I’d reply that I’m retired. I’m a retiree. If the stranger then asked me what I do in my retirement I’m sure that I’d reply that I walk around most everyday and take pictures with my camera.
I turned 70 years old last year. I remember the morning I turned 70, it was like a big fat newspaper landed on my doorstep with a thud! The headline read “Mike turns 70, can you believe it”. Well, I wasn’t in disbelief, nor was I in denial, but I sure didn’t feel like I was 70 years old. Although I had gotten used to not going to work, I had become comfortable with the fact that I had a steady income from various pensions, funds and dividends. And, I am a very active photographer!
Wait a minute… I guess I am a photographer.
Frankly speaking, I don’t know what my retirement life would be without photography. Walking around and taking pictures is essential to my health and well being. And, being a member of RFF is also important. It’s nice to have a place where I can see what others are doing and to share what I’m doing with them. Despite some of the ups and downs at RFF it’s still a great place to be.
All the best,
Mike
If a stranger walked up to me and asked me what I was or what I do I’m sure I’d reply that I’m retired. I’m a retiree. If the stranger then asked me what I do in my retirement I’m sure that I’d reply that I walk around most everyday and take pictures with my camera.
I turned 70 years old last year. I remember the morning I turned 70, it was like a big fat newspaper landed on my doorstep with a thud! The headline read “Mike turns 70, can you believe it”. Well, I wasn’t in disbelief, nor was I in denial, but I sure didn’t feel like I was 70 years old. Although I had gotten used to not going to work, I had become comfortable with the fact that I had a steady income from various pensions, funds and dividends. And, I am a very active photographer!
Wait a minute… I guess I am a photographer.
Frankly speaking, I don’t know what my retirement life would be without photography. Walking around and taking pictures is essential to my health and well being. And, being a member of RFF is also important. It’s nice to have a place where I can see what others are doing and to share what I’m doing with them. Despite some of the ups and downs at RFF it’s still a great place to be.
All the best,
Mike
Disappointed_Horse
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This photo is the first one that really made me feel like a photographer. Not so much that it’s a great photo; it’s just a quick grab shot with my iPhone. What made me feel like a photographer was that I was able to take that image and make it look like I imagined it could when I press the shutter. Before that, I think I had mostly just been trying to make my photos represent the scene in front of me as accurately as possible. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, of course, but to me, creating an image rather than just capturing a scene or a moment is what makes me personally feel like a photographer.
bulevardi
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That's a question I also asked myself .... whether you're doing it as a profession, for a living, or whether you have an academic degree for studying photography or something like that.
I have none of both. But I do it for fun. More a way of life, documenting what I see. Or using the camera as an instrument to create something else than just photography (photos for a collage or other album artwork), as a picture is not always the end product.
bulevardi
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I haven't thought about it like that... I was around 23 years or so when someone asked me to photograph their wedding.
I was totally unexperienced and didn't even go to a wedding before... 'cause all my friends from my age weren't married yet back in those days.
Didn't really know what to expect, I only had 2 rolls of film with me, had to dose and choose the perfect timing for everything.
Pictures were not as a pro would do it, but they were not bad. The good moments were correctly captured.
It stressed me out though... it's out of my comfort zone. Until now it's the first and last wedding I shot. ... however people still point towards me if they need one. It's difficult to refuse as a friend.
But now, 20 years later, the couple is already divorced.
Was it me? Can I still call myself a photographer if the couple I photographed is now divorced?
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Disappointed_Horse
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Even more so! Photography is about capturing fleeting moments.
Leon C
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Yeah been there....Only done 2 in my life, one for my sisters best friend as a favour in the late 80s and the other one that was the background/prep stuff all in B&W film, never again, I swore never to do one after the first one but got persuaded for the later one with a lump of cash, which helps, both turned out good but felt so out of place.
Am I a Photographer, I hope so as what the hell am I doing with all these cameras and pictures! 😱
RichC
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IMO, a photographer is someone who sets out with clear intent to take pictures with a particular vision or tale or purpose in mind, no matter what their technical or artistic ability or how basic their kit. It’s purpose that turns a snapper into a photographer. Just clicking to remember? That’s merely using a camera.
BTW, if anyone's in north Wales up to 9 February, I'm exhibiting part my The White Lady (Y Ladi Wen) project at the Oriel Colwyn gallery in a group show by the MAP6 collective. Installation shot:
BTW, if anyone's in north Wales up to 9 February, I'm exhibiting part my The White Lady (Y Ladi Wen) project at the Oriel Colwyn gallery in a group show by the MAP6 collective. Installation shot:
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