Are photographers to grumpy?

[Didereaux]

Ran across this older article and it resonated. My personal opinion is that (if you eliminate the 10% of naturally grumpy people) that the level of 'grumpiness' is in direct proportion to the insecurities the photographer has about their skills,
Are Some Photographers Too Grumpy?

 

[pixmedic]

yes

 

[smoke665]

Seriously???

 

[cherylynne1]

Oh, man, I've seen #5 in action so often when I first started out. I was a new mom, primarily taking pictures of my kids, with a Sony NEX camera. No one took me seriously. They said I couldn't be a real photographer unless I moved to DSLR and that Sony was shutting down any day now. Mirrorless was a dead end, the sensors would never measure up to DSLRs, Sony would never make a good lens, etc. etc. And then if I produced a decent image despite all of that, it didn't matter because I was just an MWAC and my pictures would never appear anywhere besides Facebook and family albums.

That forum has since shut down entirely, but Sony and I are still around and doing fine. There were a few friendly people there, but the poisonous ones were horrible.

 

[jcdeboever]

Are they grumpy? Just the old ones....

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[unpopular]

I have no opinion on the grumpiness.

but obnoxious, definitely.

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

I get grumpy when noisy, boisterous women power walk through the wildlife areas!

 

[Didereaux]

I get grumpy when noisy, boisterous women power walk through the wildlife areas!

absolutely true, and most of us have seen it too!

 

[nerwin]

Look up angry photographer on YouTube. Haha

 

[Vtec44]

Are they grumpy? Just the old ones....

bahaha I was going to say the same. I'm never grumpy.

 

[zombiesniper]

Be quiet and go take some pictures!

 

[jcdeboever]

Keep practicing!

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[nerwin]

I was just thinking.

If we are photographers, then that means we are artists and artists are usually sad and grumpy...So...That makes us normal right?

 

[table1349]

Grumpy?? Hell no. Who comes up with this stupid drivel??? Someone need a foot in their @$$ for even thinking such crap.

 

[Peeb]

All of you just need to shut those stupid big holes you stick your pie into and let the REAL photographers do our work.

I am not saying that the work of every other 'photographer' is drivel and that I am a genius, but if you were to say that- then who am I to disagree?






Seriously, when I joined this board, I was rather taken aback by the attitude of some on here. Most are encouraging and helpful, but some just seem to lack that. More so than in other (non-photo) communities I've joined.