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What is photography / What makes a photographer? - adam - Sep 2, 2004

So, what is photography? Just taking pictures? How do you define it?

Does taking pictures make you a photographer?

Photographer = one who takes photographs?

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What is photography / What makes a photographer? - Toad - Sep 2, 2004

Technically - yes.

Photography is fairly simple technical skill using a small set of tools. You take photographs - you are a photographer.

What makes a great photographer is a better question. That is where you have to consider artistry and technical expertise.

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What is photography / What makes a photographer? - shuttertalk - Sep 2, 2004

Hey good question adam. I agree with Toady, but here's what the Merriam-Webster and Wordnet dictionaries say:

Quote:photographer

\Pho*tog"ra*pher\, n. One who practices, or is skilled in, photography.

[Free Trial - Merriam-Webster Unabridged.]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

photographer

n : someone who takes photographs professionally [syn: lensman]

Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University

I think I fall into the "practices" rather than "skilled in" photography group...

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What is photography / What makes a photographer? - de_axeman - Sep 2, 2004

Isn't that why we often hear the phrase 'professional photographer' and 'amateur photographer', or in my case, 'really-crappy-photographer'?

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What is photography / What makes a photographer? - peter - Sep 3, 2004

how about the one im in .. the "i wanna be a try hard Amateur photographer" category ..
kekeke ^____^

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What is photography / What makes a photographer? - adam - Sep 3, 2004

I saw a photographer today, he had an L lens
then I followed him a bit (I hope he doesn't read this)
and saw that he had another L lens

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What is photography / What makes a photographer? - peter - Sep 3, 2004

we should have mugged him adam !

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What is photography / What makes a photographer? - shuttertalk - Sep 3, 2004

What was he doing? Not photographing little kids playing I hope...

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What is photography / What makes a photographer? - peter - Sep 3, 2004

nah .. he was photographing some chick holding some brochures or something ..

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What is photography / What makes a photographer? - Rufus - Sep 4, 2004

photographer

\Pho*tog"ra*pher\, n. One who has paws and a clicky thing.

[Free Trial - Terrier-Webster Unabridged.]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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What is photography / What makes a photographer? - adam - Sep 4, 2004

hahahaha
Rufus seems to be the only photographer here

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What is photography / What makes a photographer? - shuttertalk - Sep 4, 2004

Hey Roo, isn't that definition supposed to be "Pawtographer"? Oh wait.. that's Petographer's job....

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