Really interesting discussion about seriousness in photography.
In my view the answer to >>"If you're serious about photography..."<< is that you must have other people that want your work, that are willing to pay for your work and that you consistently deliver in your photography. So basically, you're a professional photog.
In this case I suspect that most of the people on this discussion board are no longer or never were serious about photography.
I was working for a short time as someone, who's tasks were not only limited to, but largely based on my photography skills and while it was fun, it was not something that I really wanted to do in a long term, despite that I was requested several times if I could continue so.
But I did not want to do photography, that I was relly enjoying otherwise, seriously.
Let people be unserious about their hobbies.
For me, what is important, is that if you want to share and show off with your hobby work, with your craft, is that you come out clean, or at least respond sincirely to questions, as opposed to obscuring or straight out lying about what you've done. I find exeption in a case, if it is something patentable - then, let it stay obscured, if that's your wish.
For me, I love shooting colour film emulsion because I love looking at it, being it in prints (that I have never done myself) or be it digital scans (which show an extreme amount of detail if done properly). I love the organic look of grain, which is different than what most of digital grain simulations are offering. I love the color transitions, which are too hard for me to recreate. I love the ruminary elements in the process, and I love the magic of science that is shown in photographic chemistry. I do also love the magic of science of electronic photosensors, but digital photography doesn't exhaust my curiosity and desire for taking/making pictures.
In my view the answer to >>"If you're serious about photography..."<< is that you must have other people that want your work, that are willing to pay for your work and that you consistently deliver in your photography. So basically, you're a professional photog.
In this case I suspect that most of the people on this discussion board are no longer or never were serious about photography.
I was working for a short time as someone, who's tasks were not only limited to, but largely based on my photography skills and while it was fun, it was not something that I really wanted to do in a long term, despite that I was requested several times if I could continue so.
But I did not want to do photography, that I was relly enjoying otherwise, seriously.
Let people be unserious about their hobbies.
For me, what is important, is that if you want to share and show off with your hobby work, with your craft, is that you come out clean, or at least respond sincirely to questions, as opposed to obscuring or straight out lying about what you've done. I find exeption in a case, if it is something patentable - then, let it stay obscured, if that's your wish.
For me, I love shooting colour film emulsion because I love looking at it, being it in prints (that I have never done myself) or be it digital scans (which show an extreme amount of detail if done properly). I love the organic look of grain, which is different than what most of digital grain simulations are offering. I love the color transitions, which are too hard for me to recreate. I love the ruminary elements in the process, and I love the magic of science that is shown in photographic chemistry. I do also love the magic of science of electronic photosensors, but digital photography doesn't exhaust my curiosity and desire for taking/making pictures.