At 13:01 29/07/01, William wrote:
> > Gosh, I thought professional only meant, its
>your way of earning an income,
> > I didn't realise it is so complicated!
>
>Maybe it should be like any other profession.
>You get to call yourself a professional after
>you have earned accreditation proving you know
>what the hell you are doing. That would make it
>simple.
>You can do brain surgery by ramming a hocky
>stick up a persons ass, but it is probably
>better to have gone to medical school first.
Hi Bill.
There are two types of professional. Those that are associated with a
profession (eg doctors, lawyers, prostitutes etc) and those that perform
for reward. The former usually have to provide proof of association, the
latter just have to make money from whatever it is they do (eg sports
people, artists, craftsmen etc). Photographers, like any other artist,
belongs to the latter group.
Most people in the latter group are usually always looking for ways to
improve the way they do things. They take courses, read books, practice,
and so forth. Too many of the former never progress past what they learnt
when they were gaining their degrees (or whatever is required to be
associated with their chosen profession). This then makes an interesting
topic of discussion regarding the professionalism of professionals of a
professed profession. :-)
How this relates back to professional cameras is beyond me. I always
thought that a professional camera was a camera that a professional uses.
<shrug> I also always thought that some people could use a $100,000 outfit
and take worse photographs than someone else using a $5.00 disposable
camera. The professionalism is in the photographer, not the camera. :-)
Cheers
Jon
Relax! Take life as it comes, you can't chase the sun, you can't race the wind
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