Photography is not a big deal if
you have a lot of time to spend for it. Fishing and photography are two things
that need an equipment and hell load of patience. So you don’t call yourself a
professional just coz you own a DSLR. There are people who get themselves a
swanky DSLR and shoot around during parties in auto mode and also there are
these "tag maniacs" who post all your awkward photos and tag you and
before you realize what just happened you become the latest clown among your
gang of friends. The reason we just behave ourselves and miss being our true
selves is there are too many shutterbugs around and the last thing you need is
an ugly picture of you on face book. Social outings are not anymore the way
they used to be. Sometimes I get carried away and I will have to remind myself
"stick to the topic idiot...!"
Now the photographers who call themselves
professional will have a photography page with a display picture of them
holding their DSLR. They are the real photographers who take photography so
serious that they would travel 600 miles to take one fucking picture that they
can download from the internet for free. But these are the people who see
photography as an art and not just as a hobby. Photoshop is as important as
taking the photo though amateurs manage with Picasa. The watermark on a photo
enunciates that the photograph is by a professional or a wannabe professional.
While some take photos for the sheer love of it there are others who take
photos to convey something. I could identify myself in the latter coz I prefer
to take a picture of a cat chasing a dog than of a sunset in the beach. While
there are hundreds who click regular insensitive stuffs there are only a few
who capture moments in their snaps. I would rather hunt for a week to capture one
rare moment than spending a whole day in an isolated place shooting and filling
the memory card. However passion, hobby and sensibleness’ are three different
things in photography. It’s never too late to start photography.
“Twelve significant photographs in any one
year is a good crop.” – Ansel Adams
“I know the best moments can
never be captured on film, even as I spend nearly half my life trying to do
just that.” ― Rosie O'Donnell
“Today everything exists to end
in a photograph.” ― Susan Sontag
“For me, the camera is a sketch
book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity.”
― Henri Cartier-Bresson
