I beg to differ. Just because someone can change a spark plug, doesnt mean that person is a mechanic. Just because someone can plant a flower, doesnt make that person a landscape gardener, and so on. In my mind, it takes years to reach a professional status where you have experienced all the mistakes to get to the point where you no longer make them in your field.
I can call myself a professional pannel beater because i spent years aspiring to be the best ,to the point that people ask me to show them how its done, and i make money from it.
I will never call my self a photogragher until ive reached the same status as i have in my field of work, and i make money from it.
Iam just a person who likes to take pictures, and learn from my mistakes in the process.
Regard Carl.
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Originally Posted by Matthew James Norman
Photographer
–noun
"A person who takes photographs, esp. one who practices photography professionally."
I'd agree with that. I think anyone who takes a photograph is a photographer. Yes there are differing skill levels and experiences, but a photograph is a photograph is a photograph. The art in composing a shot and getting the image right is only a certain level of photography. Maybe there should be a definition of what type of photogropher one is, e.g. casual, amateur, semi-pro, professional etc.
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