PRO vs. Amateur

manaheim · Dec 8, 2009

skieur said:
manaheim said:

:banghead::banghead::banghead:

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I think I messed that up the first time. I agree with you, manaheim, and understand your frustration. Professional is NOT a value judgement.

skieur

Well, I understood your meaning. No worries.

image hound · Dec 15, 2009

Maybe you meant that the photography pro-un-profession sucks and is dead!!!!

jtee · Dec 18, 2009

For those with a sense of humor here is something entertaining.

Seven Levels of Photographers © 2005 KenRockwell.com

which one are you??........ :lol:

NateWagner · Dec 18, 2009

Wow, that is the most ridiculous thing I've read in quite a while.

Yeah, so we are supposed to gauge the levels of photographers according to KenRockwells moral code.

Canosonic · Dec 18, 2009

jtee said:
For those with a sense of humor here is something entertaining.

Seven Levels of Photographers © 2005 KenRockwell.com

which one are you??........

Actually I agree with the classification, but not with the order.

NateWagner · Dec 18, 2009

I definitely don't agree with a number of them.

For example the "Whore" level... he says that the person who gets paid won't try new styles etc. I would suggest that's not true. Although people come to be known by their style of work there are many examples of successful artists who sell their work who have changed their styles many times.

One example of that would be Salvador Dali, though there are definitely others. I come from a counseling background which is considered an art by us (it's much more so an art than a science) and there are numerous people that change their styles over the course of time as they consider other options etc.

Rather than the person being static as he claims, I would instead suggest that many times, the "whore" changes their style over the course of time slow enough that they won't lose all of their clients but it is there sure enough. Especially if they are continually involved in learning.