Jack_Flesher
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Or, what makes a photographer?
A few of us were discussing this over lunch the other day and Asher shared the following observation: “If you buy a flute, you own a flute. If you buy a camera you are a photographer.”
My immediate reaction was a chuckle; however it was not the truth of the statement that made it humorous, but rather the sarcasm buried in the innuendo... The fact is this is a prevalent misconception in contemporary society – IMO we have the outstanding marketing efforts of Kodak over the past 50 years to thank for it – and something that we as photographers wanting to sell our work or services ultimately need to deal with...
So my question for the group is this: What specific, identifiable qualities do you think take a “person who owns a camera” over the threshold to the point where they become a “photographer”?
Cheers,
A few of us were discussing this over lunch the other day and Asher shared the following observation: “If you buy a flute, you own a flute. If you buy a camera you are a photographer.”
My immediate reaction was a chuckle; however it was not the truth of the statement that made it humorous, but rather the sarcasm buried in the innuendo... The fact is this is a prevalent misconception in contemporary society – IMO we have the outstanding marketing efforts of Kodak over the past 50 years to thank for it – and something that we as photographers wanting to sell our work or services ultimately need to deal with...
So my question for the group is this: What specific, identifiable qualities do you think take a “person who owns a camera” over the threshold to the point where they become a “photographer”?
Cheers,