What is your End Game?

[DiskoJoe]

good question Bitter. I started out just wanting to take better vacation photography after a epic trip to Chicago. Never really wanted to do anything professionally at first. But as I got more into taking peoples pictures i started getting small jobs like weddings, model shoots and some club photography. I would like to be a professional and make more money doing photography. I dont know about it as a career at this point but i dont think that would be to bad a way to go. i also have a background in art. Nothing formal but I used to draw and paint plus I was a bass player in the symphony for years.

 

[Canuk]

What a great question, its been said before but once more never hurt .

I bought my DSLR on Boxing day 2010. Used it for probably 6months before I had any inkling of what I was doing. Then I had that fateful trip to our local photography shop, and now I'm hooked. This past fall I took an evening class that explained the basics of photography and of the DSLR. Since then I have been learning, learning, learning.

Future goals - understand more about composition and lighting.
- continue to get better at taking photos of my kids, motocross, hockey and all of our adventures
- starting into the world of underwater photography
- get some good photo's to hang on my walls
- possibly at some point try to make some $$ at it, but remain fun and interesting.

 

[c.cloudwalker]

Unless you are hoping for a date, it just really doesn't matter.

Hell yes it does.

As he is now you'd better believe I don't want a date. Way too hairy. But I do have plenty of one-use razors and with the 6 12-packs I have we should be able to get somewhere..

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

And uh....when you say partner......does that mean....you know....you're.....you know.....

Same question here....

What difference does it make what I call my sweetheart, love of my life, partner in crime, of 11 years?

 

[Compaq]

Someone tried to be funny at first, but it has spun off into something embarrassing.

 

[cgipson1]

And uh....when you say partner......does that mean....you know....you're.....you know.....

Same question here....

What difference does it make what I call my sweetheart, love of my life, partner in crime, of 11 years?

Hey, I have a "partner" too.. So what? Amazing how small minded some of our members can be.. especially on matters that are NONE of their business! This is hilarious, except is also a bit sad!

 

[cmartin2]

Back to the orig question... if you still care after almost 2 years... or even if you don't

I enjoy photography as a hobby. However, if I am going to spend time doing something, I want to learn how to do it well. My end goal is that each picture I take is better than the last one in some way. No formal education in the arts, in fact maybe the exact opposite as I have an Engineering degree.

 

[cgipson1]

Oh.. and the End Game thing.... just bought a D4 and a 85mm 1.4... that should give a hint!

 

[ph0enix]

Oh.. and the End Game thing.... just bought a D4 and a 85mm 1.4... that should give a hint!

Now you're definitely a pro!

 

[cgipson1]

Oh.. and the End Game thing.... just bought a D4 and a 85mm 1.4... that should give a hint!

Now you're definitely a pro!

Nope.. not a bit... just likes me toys!

 

[Sonoma]

I'm about as artistic as a pig in mud. I couldn't even work that spirograph thingy! I took the technical route instead.

My goal was just simply to take better photos, but I only use my camera about twice a week. If that.
I truly believe that I have improved due mostly to what I have read and been told here on this forum.

Thanks!

 

[Kazooie]

I'd really like to travel the world with National Geographic one day, and spend my off-time in the many mansions and hotels that I own.

 

[HeatherClemons]

I want to do everything! I'm most passionate about art photography and fashion photography and one of my ultimate goals is to be published, have an exhibition or have my own book.

But I'm also an art/photography blogger so that's another big part of what I think sets me apart from other commercial photographers, I guess. So I want to succeed with that too. I have further education - a bachelor's degree in Art Photography. It taught me a lot, including giving me an appreciation for the history of photography and by using film, I learned to think about every frame and see like a photographer, but experience is really the key. After college, I still really needed experience to be able to get anywhere. I'm still working on that to be honest!

I love that you asked that question! I think it's very important to think about and know where you're going. Thanks for giving everyone the chance to get a little introspective and see what others are thinking.

Heather Clemons~
Save the Artist - a creative community (that's my blog!)
heather@savetheartist.net

 

[GeorgieGirl]

Me?...

I'm gonna keep on keeping on....

I had to go through 30 years of print photos as a result of a death in the family this weekend and I think I'm doing better now then when I got married...and that is def better than when I was single and shooting ducks.

Call me a serious amateur just looking to master lighting for a good crisp, clean and meaningful shot. I actually do think I have one in my ballywick...

Now I need two.

C'mon...its been 40+ years...I think I'm due.

 

[ph0enix]

Oh.. and the End Game thing.... just bought a D4 and a 85mm 1.4... that should give a hint!

Now you're definitely a pro!

Nope.. not a bit... just likes me toys!

I was being sarcastic
Hope the D4 serves you well!