What is a photographer?
A couple of years ago I was asked if I were a photographer. I replied that I wasn't - I just had a camera and took photos and that it would be many years before I could call myself a photographer.
However, I heard an interview with an author who defined writers. Adapting his criteria to photography, if you say 'yes' to most of the following, then you're a photographer. You may not be a good, but you certainly are a photographer.
Do you walk around looking for shots?
Are you upset when you can't get out?
Do you have to take photos - even when you should be doing something else?
Are you always looking at others' photos and mentally criticising or praising?
Do you hate all those who take better pics than you?
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