Rock and a Hard Place and Generally Pissed Off.
BitterBut hey I'm just a guy who has pretty girls in front of his camera...( I was told this a while back). Why are others so scared of healthy competition. I am not a threat to the establishment one bit. I may have vision and an eye for certain things. But in no way does that make me a credible threat to the people who have been doing this for years. Well this is my time to bitch and bitch I will.
I'm not taking this shit laying down anymore......so to you well to do photographers that are scared of the little fish.......FUCK YOU! I coming for ya. If this piss's anyone off...then so be it. Why should you be scared of someone who has the same drive as you and yes don't forget you too were once in my shoes. Would it kill you to step down off your pedistool and offer some positive guidance to the new era of photographers. I think not. But that is your choice.
Peace out.
Devious Comments
Well done for saying what needed to be said!
Like you, I often feel like a little fish in a big ocean full of sharks! There seems to be an incredible snobbery with "professional" photographers, as if they were hatched from an egg as pros and were never starting out at the beginning. The only difference a lot of the time is that they were arrogant and pushy enough to get a lucky break. It's only in a few instances that their work is what really sets them apart.
Believe in what you do. You may have to do the more mundane stuff to pay for the kit, but that doesn't mean you have to compromise on your artistic vision.
I think the issue is that the pro's see us mere mortals walking around with D-SLRs and lump all into the same group - set camera to auto and snap away.
The fact that we dont do that, that we take time to work out light levels, choose lens configs, then spend time that we could be with our friends and families beavering away post processing misses them completely.
They are unnerved by us, and with good reason. We ARE closing the gap quality wise, and they are afraid that they will end up out of work, whilst us plebs work happily away as amateurs or semi - pro ( Am I a semi as I do occasional paid commission work, or just an amateur who gets a rather large tip? )
But not all pro's have their heads up their arses. My mentor is a published pro, retired lecturer and all round superb bloke. Rare I guess
Besides that I do agree. We are closing the gap. I for one do not shoot in auto. I may shot in program from time to time. But not auto unless I'm just playin around. I too am a semi-pro...I get the occasional odd job from models and portraits and not to mention some work from the local hooters. But those are far few between. So I guess we will see how this goes.I will never give up my passion of shooting models, nut I also tire of the models who think they should be paid. Specially when they are just starting out in the modeling world. Studio time, camera equipment, light setups.....this stuff cost money. Not to mention the computer and all the programs.
Oh well I guess that is why I do not get as many paying jobs for models. But after 2 years of TF work. I can no longer afford to do it for free. Besides my loving wife is getting mad at me.... lol.
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