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Originally Posted by nick1980
Are you a professional photographer already? You're shots are very impressive.
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what do they mean by professional? professional just means that you do photography for money... do they mean expert?
Photography is such a broad and complex subject, blending aspects of science and art into one. Attaining expertise is possible in small areas, but it is difficult to call any photographer an expert in the entire field.
i'm still learning... and probably will for rest of my life...
there's a point where technical knowledge of lighting and equipment stops and talent comes in, and in my opinion a true 'photographer' has to have the talent or 'the eye' to see what people dont. you can take an amazing photo with the perfect light, but if the overall image 'finished product' is boring and has no feeling, expression, etc then its useless. you can spend all the time you want on photoshop and make is all pretty but its still overall "just another pic"