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i'm talking about the average amateur now...
we look at new gear with great lust in our hearts...
we check out each other's new images with great gusto...
we agonize over each new purchase...should it be a body with better af or a lens with incredible low light ability and bokeh?
is it really art if it's digital...will film last as long as i will?
which post processing software gives better highlights, more shadow detail, crisp edges?
speaking for those of us who wont make a dime from their photography this year...what drives us so crazy about this hobby?
we look at new gear with great lust in our hearts...
we check out each other's new images with great gusto...
we agonize over each new purchase...should it be a body with better af or a lens with incredible low light ability and bokeh?
is it really art if it's digital...will film last as long as i will?
which post processing software gives better highlights, more shadow detail, crisp edges?
speaking for those of us who wont make a dime from their photography this year...what drives us so crazy about this hobby?
Boredom???
daveleo
what?
I have a friend who does fly fishing. Great guy. Wicked wicked intelligent and sincere. One of the very few people that, when he speaks at a meeting, the whole room would shut up and listen.
He spends all winter tying flies in his basement.
In the Spring (or Summer?), he spends $2000/week to rent a cabin (no water, no heat) way up north. By himself. Catching fish and throwing them back in the river.
"Why?" . . . . "Because that's what I enjoy doing", is what he said.
He spends all winter tying flies in his basement.
In the Spring (or Summer?), he spends $2000/week to rent a cabin (no water, no heat) way up north. By himself. Catching fish and throwing them back in the river.
"Why?" . . . . "Because that's what I enjoy doing", is what he said.
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you don't believe that now, do you?
burancap
Veteran
It keeps me out of the bar and is a lot less messy than a bunch of paint & brushes.
photomoof
Fischli & Weiss Sculpture
Inappropriate expectations?
Or from the point of view of the fish -- I have a friend who does fish torture?
I think there is a moral here for photographers?
Or from the point of view of the fish -- I have a friend who does fish torture?
I think there is a moral here for photographers?
Ranchu
Veteran
Because when you see the picture you made, if it's right you get a jolt of rightness when you look at it. If it's not right, not so much.
kxl
Social Documentary
"I dunno... she fills gaps."
f16sunshine
Moderator
Just enjoy it if you do or quit if you don't.
Over analyzing is pointless and may just lead to negative thinking.
Most things that provide pleasure are somewhat silly when broken down to their individual parts.
Why even go there?
Over analyzing is pointless and may just lead to negative thinking.
Most things that provide pleasure are somewhat silly when broken down to their individual parts.
Why even go there?
Darthfeeble
But you can call me Steve
As a fumbling amateur, I continue to believe that the problem with my images is the camera.
Jamie Pillers
Skeptic
FrankS
Registered User
A distraction from the ultimate emptiness and purposeless-ness of life?
Robin P
Well-known
Just an extension of my lifetime habit of "window shopping".
Ranchu
Veteran
I don't look at new to me gear with lust in my heart, actually..
Ko.Fe.
Lenses 35/21 Gears 46/20
I'm actually saving. Time and money. Then I was into fishing I spend more time more money with no fish. With cameras I'm getiting pictures. Guaranteed.
nikon_sam
Shooter of Film...
I do it because every time I pull a roll out of the developing tank it's like Christmas morning...I do it to satisfy this need in me to create...
mfunnell
Shaken, so blurred
That's about as close as I can get.
Thankfully, it doesn't do that to me!
Can't argue with that! (I do like fishing, I just don't do it enough. Work and all that. It's easier to fit photography around what I do.)
...Mike
lukitas
second hand noob
I'm aching for flattery, love and admiration. I melt when somebody I respect pats me on the back. I'm a pathetic ego-tripper, please love what I do.
That said, it's mostly about the chase. About looking consciously, not the routine taking care of not treading onto turds. Almost everything else I do is on auto-pilot. Looking for a decent frame is what keeps me awake, involved, on a quest, a chase for that moment when everything falls into place : light & composition & emotional appeal.
And, it is also very much like collecting stamps or postcards.
In sum, I am chasing that photograph that will make me world-famous, adored by multitudes, with scores of buxom ladies trying to catch my eye. And I'm a perverted old stamp collector who likes to shoot pictures of people who may not be aware of that fact.
fogging perverts with obscene curiosity and illusions of fame and glory, that's what photographers really are.
Cheers
That said, it's mostly about the chase. About looking consciously, not the routine taking care of not treading onto turds. Almost everything else I do is on auto-pilot. Looking for a decent frame is what keeps me awake, involved, on a quest, a chase for that moment when everything falls into place : light & composition & emotional appeal.
And, it is also very much like collecting stamps or postcards.
In sum, I am chasing that photograph that will make me world-famous, adored by multitudes, with scores of buxom ladies trying to catch my eye. And I'm a perverted old stamp collector who likes to shoot pictures of people who may not be aware of that fact.
fogging perverts with obscene curiosity and illusions of fame and glory, that's what photographers really are.
Cheers