"Snap the shutter and leave the rest to us", Kodak Brownie ad of 1903 or
so; and thus the snapshooter was born. In point of fact if you have no
interest in the middle part you are a snapshooter (although snapshooters
can produce interesting pictures), not a photographer. A photographer
does photography, a snapshooter does pictures. Funny thing is no one
thinks they are a chef because they eat food, no one thinks they are a
musician because they listen to music. You have to do the proccess to be
a photographer, a painter, a dancer, a chef, a musician, etc. At least
that is how I view it.
graywolf
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http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf
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Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote:
On Sun, 26 Mar 2006, Bob W wrote:
Aaron got there before me and identified a 3rd camp:
I like taking the pictures and I like having the finished images. The
middle part is tedious, where it used to be half the fun.
Although I never thought the middle part was any fun at all, whether it's
chemical or digital. For me, photography is about taking the pictures,
and
the end result. In fact, it's probably more about taking pictures and
being
part of whatever the event is, than it is about the end result. I can't
stand all the fiddling and faffing about in between, which has always
struck
me as a waste of time.
Hear hear. Best fun I have had with a camera at hand is to snipe at a
dear mate's wedding. OK, them asking for the negs afterwards and
comparing my pics with the official photog is also great :-)
Kostas
