Hi Frank, It was me Tom C., you were replying to. :-)
I agree with your comments, it's not necessarily so. Tom C. ----- Original Message ----- From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 11:12 AM Subject: Re: OT -- sort of -- What makes a photographer? > Hi, Malcolm, > > I hear what you're saying, but it's not necessarily so. This may not be the > best analogy, but, I've ridden bicycles my whole life, from the time I learned > to ride a "two-wheeler" when I was three. I LOVE riding bikes. > > What have I been for the last five years? A bike messenger. What do I enjoy > doing on weekends (when the weather's good)? Getting on my bike (often with > some amount of camera gear in tow), and going for a nice ride. > > Just 'cause you do it for a living doesn't mean that you can't still enjoy doing > it in your spare time, even if you may not particularly enjoy the type of > photography that you may find that you have to do professionally. > > regards, > frank > > Malcolm Smith wrote: > > > Hi Aaron, > > > > I feel the same. When I first got interested in photography and discovered > > I both enjoyed it and, IMO, had a knack for it, I started dreaming of being > > a professional photographer. > > > > Now I've come to realize that if it was my sole means of making a living, > > the fun would be gone and it would be like most other professions. Fun and > > exciting at first, followed by periods of satisfaction, followed by periods > > of realizing that this can get pretty boring, followed by periods of > > acceptance that this really boring, followed by periods of the only reason > > I'm doing this anymore is for the money. > > > > > > -- > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist > fears it is true." -J. Robert > Oppenheimer > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
