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I have a great wife and I am sure she knows everything so I asked her if I was a "real photographer" and she said "No, your just an old fool". I then asked her what pre-visualization was and she said "that is when you look at the living room wall and imagine yourself painting it"... So, what the heck I think I will grab a paint brush. I cannot figure out how to load pixels in my rangefinder anyway.
By definition when you take a photo you are a Photographer.
Just like when you cook a meal you are a cook, drive a car and you are a driver, and so on. There are plenty of greats out there that you never heard of. My crappy photo of my kid on vacation is way better to me than any photo a "pro" took for money.
The other morning, my 12 year old daughter and I were walking around town. She had my OM-1 and was in the middle of photographing something, when she announced that she is most likely going to be a "filmographer". I just smiled an told her that would be a wonderful undertaking, and there was no reason to wait to grow up to do it. I rather like that title.
And be very careful how you say itAbsooolutely lovely!! Tell her she just started a Cult
It's not when you call yourself a photographer, It's when people who are photographers call you one.
In death I hope to be remembered as a photographer.
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