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06/16/2011 12:43 PM
daisy bouquet wrote:I take photographs strictly for fun and people tell me I should start a business. I just feel silly because it really does seem like everyone with a camera that cost over $300 is calling themselves a photographer. There are some really good photographers out there, but it has become the new real estate agent - everyone is doing it.
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06/16/2011 1:15 PM
jus10luvr14 wrote:daisy bouquet wrote:whitgirl09 wrote: You're from GA/ATL too?Yup. Im on the north end of the Perimeter. There seem to be a lot of us ATL people on this board. Same. I'm near the Sandy Springs area just inside the perimeter.
daisy bouquet wrote:whitgirl09 wrote: You're from GA/ATL too?Yup. Im on the north end of the Perimeter. There seem to be a lot of us ATL people on this board.
whitgirl09 wrote: You're from GA/ATL too?
06/16/2011 1:19 PM
phtlvbg wrote:daisy bouquet wrote:I take photographs strictly for fun and people tell me I should start a business. I just feel silly because it really does seem like everyone with a camera that cost over $300 is calling themselves a photographer. There are some really good photographers out there, but it has become the new real estate agent - everyone is doing it. I agree. There are so many people in my area doing the same thing. I have never gone to school for photography but I do take pictures (nice ones) of family & friends & get paid pretty good. I have a friend from high school that has no training, takes good photos then she screws them up by over photoshopping a photo...I'm sorry, but you shouldn't do so much photoshopping where the grass is suppose to be green & now it's yellow & think that photo looks great. NO!
06/16/2011 1:52 PM
gaydolf titler wrote:i was friends with her in high school. mind you, i'm a photographer, my studio name is 1013 Photography. so she created a facebook page this week and her business name is 1211 Photography. she is a fan of my page.. and we are in the same area. don't you think that's a bit weird?
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06/16/2011 3:29 PM
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06/16/2011 8:03 PM
imnotsayingitright wrote:I feel like such a poseur sometimes because my camera is so much more expensive than I need. I'm not even an amateur photographer. I'm just a normal person who needs to take pictures of her travels sometimes. So my pictures pretty much suck. But my husband always wished he had time to be an amateur photographer (he studied it in college - though not to fully complete a degree in it), so he bought me a camera that he would have wanted for himself. As a gift. But yeah, every time people see me whip it out, they're full of questions and want to hear about my photography and flip through pictures on the camera. And I have to admit that it's a complete waste of money on me and I'm not trying to be something I'm not!
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06/16/2011 8:24 PM
Rysi wrote:imnotsayingitright wrote:I feel like such a poseur sometimes because my camera is so much more expensive than I need. I'm not even an amateur photographer. I'm just a normal person who needs to take pictures of her travels sometimes. So my pictures pretty much suck. But my husband always wished he had time to be an amateur photographer (he studied it in college - though not to fully complete a degree in it), so he bought me a camera that he would have wanted for himself. As a gift. But yeah, every time people see me whip it out, they're full of questions and want to hear about my photography and flip through pictures on the camera. And I have to admit that it's a complete waste of money on me and I'm not trying to be something I'm not! He could probably still become an amateur photogapher. You do not need a degree to become a photographer. There are many ways to become a photographer without getting a degree. If he is not sure about it, he can look become an assistant...
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06/16/2011 8:25 PM
DrtyPopMe wrote:There are so many of those type of people here too, it's really annoying. One lady gets a ton of business and everyone always says "OMG, I use her because she makes me look so amazing in every photo, I always feel so pretty!" and I want to tell them that their pictures look nothing like them because she photoshops them so much! Crazy white teeth, super bright eyes, glowy skin, it's gross.
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