Comments on: Confessions of a So-Called PRO.

By: brill64

brill64 — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:12:56 +0000

Wow! I’m so professional, by comparison. Lie.

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On keeping your camera pristine? - Leica User Forum — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 14:04:50 +0000

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By: Bill Fuller

Bill Fuller — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 22:22:14 +0000

Oh I can so relate to so many of these things! Shot a bride inside at ISO 1600 and did I change back when we went outside??? Ahhh NO!
Great article!

By: Emma

Emma — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:23:47 +0000

I laughed so hard at this it made me cry! Thank you!

My confession: I’ve dropped my camera down rocky slopes and dented more UV filters than I’d like to say. I’ve had it five years taken it up dusty mountains, on boats and through the Sahara and still have ‘get camera cleaned’ on my to do list

By: Al

Al — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:08:10 +0000

Folks ask me if I am a professional when they see my gear…I tell them I am a photographer and I don’t get paid.

Fritz Geil…great statement ’cause I feel many confuse the terms or think the term Professional means better than….

Great Blog. I think I will follow it.

By: rodney jonk

rodney jonk — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:59:24 +0000

ONCE AN AMATEUR ALWAY AN AMATEUR AND I’M LOVING IT EVERYDAY.

By: Fritz Geil

Fritz Geil — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:20:40 +0000

Surprisingly, you never mentioned that the term “amateur” comes from the Latin “amator” by way of the French, and means “lover of,” and nothing more. The term “professional” merely means that you get paid to do [whatever], and nothing more. So, I suspect that you, like I, are both an amateur and a professional photographer… God help us both!

By: Vincent

Vincent — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 16:02:41 +0000

Thanks for this great article. I need to read it back from time to time and don’t punish myself too much for little mistakes like the ones you’ve mentioned!

By: Mollie Tobias Photography Weddings and Portraits

Mollie Tobias Photography Weddings and Portraits — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:36:11 +0000

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By: Michael Smith

Michael Smith — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:21:45 +0000

Thank you! Thank you for saying so well what so many of us feel as photographers, and revealing how we really work. The entire issue of professional and amateur is in the end a meaningless distinction since one is left with the photograph. It is either compelling or not. It succeeds or it fails on its merits–no matter if the photographer was paid to do it or not.