Just because you say you are, doesn’t mean you are
I have started countless blogs over the years. I have some fictional blogs that follows a twenty-something girl living in NYC, I have just regular diary-esque blogs. When I started this one I figured it would last, I had a theme, I was going to write about all the contests I entered, I’d make an excel spreadsheet, it was going to kick A$$. Needless to say that did not happen. I still enter contests on a regular basis, and as of now I still have not won a single thing. I will continue to enter at least one contest a day, but it’s hard to keep track. So going forward this will be filled with mindless thoughts and the occasional contest update.
I do not call myself a photographer, however, I have decided to do the 365 photo a day project. I have a good camera and I take decent to amazing shots, if I do say so myself. Last week I did a photo-shoot of my nieces in their dance costumes, they came out fantastic! Everyone that she showed them to thought they were professional, not so. They were done in my mother’s kitchen with a backwards floral blanket as a backdrop. I did some “I am One” pictures of my daughter, also came out great. I am a graphic designer so in my college years I took a ton of photography classes, I wish now I had paid more attention. I love taking pictures. I think I am more of a lucky shot person than a natural, although my shots are getting so much better.
I know two people who have added the “photographer” after their names, it drives me crazy, here are the reasons why:
1. They did not go to school, nor take one class in photography. Now I do not think that going to school and taking classes makes you a photographer at all. Some people are just born to do it and they don’t need any training but of course people want that piece of paper.
2. They don’t have it.
3. They do not own a Digital SLR. Once again, a SLR camera is not a necessity for photography but they do take better pictures and are more professional. You can great point and shoot cameras now, that do equal the quality of a SLR, but I definitely think that SLR’s are the bomb-jiggity.
4. All the photos are of various objects zoomed in on. Yes those make great shots, don’t get me wrong, but I do think that some photos do not need to be zoomed in on.
5. There is no four but I felt that four was too little. Fivewill be the fact that they are sisters and call each other sissy and are over 20 years old. I am truly sorry if I offended any of you would be photographers out there, there is a difference between being a photographer and doing it for a hobby, they are hobbyist who like photography.
One of the many pics I took this past weekend of my friend’s daughter.
