I love that i asked a simple question and got pages of responses!
You can't really have a discussion or review work, portfolios, or just browse snapshots if you don't know the rules of the engagement can you?
Your photographer, the one who said he wasn't a photographer and yet IS/ WAS(?) is just being modest probably.
I don't have much time right now (i have too many projects that need to get out the door) but I wanted to throw a couple of pennies into the ring.
crAnk.
PS Karl prob. wouldn't refer to himself as a photographer either. but he IS.
anyone is a potential photographer. but here's a thought: how often can you do it well? a 10 year old can have one amazing picture and then not take his next great picture until he's 20. does that define him as a photographer?
Just because i pick up a brush and put paint on it, and put paint on a wall doesnt make me a 'painter' anymore than one who shoots pix casually is a 'photographer'
definitions are critical and crucial because the playing field isn't the same