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Problem with Crooked Horizon?
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a really wise man indeed!
Yes… I bet all the PI members that read that are nodding in agreeance right now.
I’d be highly regarded around here you know.
You know the answer to that one John. If you’re an amateur and your horizon is off…you’re only taking snapshots. If you’re a pro…it’s how it was, or it’s artistic and you’ll get a golden, shiny medal at the next “everyone-gets-a-prize” professional gathering. Only people with letters after their name and pay the most desirable association annually can go to this gathering and get a gold shiny medal. Amateurs use Flickr and get loads of virtual medals and a few “awesomes” when your horizon is straight, your image is sharp, it includes a child under the age of 25 and you put a border over it. (The last bit doesn’t apply to professionals coz it isn’t specified in the 65 page contract). But we’re a happy bunch doing it all for nothing, just for the pleasure of it. Who knows, you might get a wedding invite from one of the neighbours and be asked to photograph it…just for love.
You can tell I’ve just had chocolate, can’t you?
Alan
Good man Wonka… get yourself stuck into a Yorkie bar, get off that fence and tell me what I want to hear.
If, as an amatuer, we can’t take good photos and even if we do it’s a fluke and we can’t repeat it on a consistent basis… how then do we ever know if we’re good enough to go pro?
It’s all very confusing…
In many cases, going pro isn’t about taking better pictures – it’s simply about making money
… and don’t listen to what those bullies say, there’s nothing wrong with your horizons. We know you’ve got feelings just like a normal person.
Well, you see John, the definition of a pro goes something along the lines of making money from a profession. So, in theory if you sell a print you’re an automatic pro, then your horizons become art. Some will argue that you need photography to be your sole source of income…but that’s just silly. Some tutor too so they’d be teachers come photographers. Some print their own work so they’re also printers. I think you have to be a member of an exclusive organisation though to be a real pro as well. It’s all very confusing. I need a Kit Kat. I’ll be back…
Taking… making… I’m confused… this is photography I’m talking about… I take photos… sometimes I have to make them a bit better.
I’m off for a Milkyway… don’t want to spoil the appetite n’ all.
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I’m off for a Milkyway…
Careful…remember the sticky film. An amateur problem. Use Minstrels because they melt in your mouth, not in your hand…picked that one up off my wedding photographer. He was a pro.
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