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06/30/2006 08:20:29 AM · #1 |
| Is everone a professional photographer here using big lights and filters etc or is anyone like me - just shoots pics |
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06/30/2006 08:22:36 AM · #2 |
Can I say I'm in between? I'm on my way to becoming hopefully a professional photographer Fingers crossed Im gunna rock Australia LOL
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06/30/2006 08:22:37 AM · #3 |
| you dont just shoot pics w/ a rebelXT. you're a photographer, give yourself some credit. |
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06/30/2006 08:22:43 AM · #4 |
| I am not a professional photographer, I am a geologist/geochemist dba an IT geek. |
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06/30/2006 08:22:56 AM · #5 |
| I think you will find there is both. From all walks of life and all countries and of all scope of experience, knowledge and equipment. |
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06/30/2006 08:23:29 AM · #6 |
| I am definitely not a pro. I have sold images and done some portraits, but I don't have the big lights, etc. I just like taking pictures around my house and town. Also, vacations and lots of pets and family. |
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06/30/2006 08:24:59 AM · #7 |
| Sorry to say I dont have a Canon Rebel I was going to buy one but something came up and had to spend the money on hospital bills. I am not able to change my profile |
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06/30/2006 08:29:04 AM · #8 |
| I just take pics :) I'll be taking pics for my first challenge entry tomorrow, and my palms are already sweating..hehe!!! But Ive noticed a few here who arent pros (but they could be!) |
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06/30/2006 08:30:17 AM · #9 |
i'm a writer who takes photos.
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06/30/2006 08:31:37 AM · #10 |
I'm a graphics designers by day, superhero photographer by night. I do hve lights and studio and do sell professional photographic services, so I guess I'm 50/50
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06/30/2006 08:33:27 AM · #11 |
I'm about 35% a photographer. I play at it all the time, and actually work at it when I'm at university. I tell myself that I'm a real one to justify new toys. Maybe one day I'll get there fully. :-)
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06/30/2006 08:43:56 AM · #12 |
| I'm an accountant in an investment bank... Can't get much less "professional photographer" than that. Not even involved in an artistic profession. |
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06/30/2006 08:50:29 AM · #13 |
| just a stay at home mom who likes to take pictures and is learning to get better. id like to be a "photographer" someday. but im not yet really. no one wants my work or anything. :( |
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06/30/2006 08:55:32 AM · #14 |
| Software developer here. I am nowhere near what would be considered a professional, but I'm aiming to make some money out of this 'hobby' in the future. |
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06/30/2006 08:56:05 AM · #15 |
I am a lawyer who occasionally gets out of work in time to take photographs. I suppose that makes me a "professional" and a "photographer", but not at the same time...!
Message edited by author 2006-06-30 08:56:47.
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06/30/2006 08:57:36 AM · #16 |
| I'm retired and I shoot for my own pleasure. I have big lights and sometimes use them. Been published and have sold some stuff. Belong to a camera club and like to help educate whenever someone wants help. |
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06/30/2006 08:57:46 AM · #17 |
| i wake up in the morning and ponder where i would like to shoot today. then i get dressed and sell roof trusses to people! |
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06/30/2006 09:03:39 AM · #18 |
I'm a marketing director (ex journalist) who sometimes uses lights (product shots and portraits) and filters (mostly polarising) and sometimes gets them published. Long term goal is definitely full-time photos, but in the meantime keep hanging around places like dpchallenge and LEARN!!!
Bottom line is: I LOVE taking photos!
Hope you do too... |
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06/30/2006 09:06:54 AM · #19 |
Originally posted by OdysseyF22:
... I tell myself that I'm a real one to justify new toys. ... |
:D Thanks for the smile! |
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06/30/2006 09:10:47 AM · #20 |
Originally posted by alfresco:
I am not a professional photographer, I am a geologist/geochemist dba an IT geek. |
HEY! I'm a geologist and IT geek. I use a lot of geochemical analyses (52 elements+) to make pretty plans & sections, so I have a healthy fear of geochemistry, but I'm no geochemist.
GEOLOGISTS UNITE! :-D
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06/30/2006 09:11:45 AM · #21 |
Originally posted by queanbeez:
i'm a writer who takes photos. |
I thought you were a model?
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06/30/2006 09:18:32 AM · #22 |
I'm a joker, I'm a smoker, I'm a midnight toker....not really.
However, I am a cowboy, part time brain surgeon, freelance CIA field agent, a now and then airline pilot, and full time dad.
Every now and then I get a chance to take a picture of something that may, or may not fit into a challenge.
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06/30/2006 09:40:46 AM · #23 |
I'm a Systems Engineer/Systems Architect/Network Engineer and Admin/Mail Admin/PBX Admin and on and on...
Getting out and taking pictures is my escape from the corporate world, and it worked wonders until they figured out I could take pics for their Tech and User manuals. Hey they bought studio lighting and backdrops so it's all good. |
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06/30/2006 09:57:49 AM · #24 |
I am not a professional. I am a hobbist. I have some lights and filters, but those things don't make one a professional.
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06/30/2006 10:03:09 AM · #25 |
I'm a starving professional. Meaning, I get paid for work (semi-regular basis), but if I had to feed my family, we would be starving. :)
Most of the contests I enter (local ones) consider me a professional, so I get to compete against the real ones. |
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