Photographers on Dirty

[MikeyC]

several people had mentioned being photographers on the thread asking hyde about his work. was wondering if any of you out there have a site of your work up. always love to check out new stuff. posting a link to mine as well though i feel a bit foolish since i am in the middle of remaking it and theres very little up on it other than one section.

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[viddy]

Some of my pics, from the city by the lake.

For about a six month period, I carried my digital camera with me every single day where ever I went. I literally have a folder of pictures and video for every single day for six months.

[dubman]

i dont have a site, i just post photography along with everything else on a livejournal.

tr2a

though two recent sets are
http://tr2a.livejournal.com/214839.html

and

http://tr2a.livejournal.com/208999.html

[crank]

My definition of pro photographer and who i am means i derive more than half my income from photography.

is that what you are referring to?

c.rank

[MikeyC]

Originally Posted by crank

My definition of pro photographer and who i am means i derive more than half my income from photography.

is that what you are referring to?

c.rank

c.rank,
dont know if you were directing the question at me, but ill open my mouth since im in a hyper chatty mood. i think its partially about making money that would give you the title of a "professional photographer," but even more so i think it is the initial intent or motivation. more of a "who are you shooting for?" a client or yourself. i have read many articles from incredibly famous photographers who consider themselves to be amateur photographers. i think both classes are equally important, you just have to ask different questions when looking at the work from the two. then of course you have to ask when does one even begin to consider themselves a "photographer." a good portion of the population on earth are taking pictures, so who gets the title. its fun to watch the "professionals" squirm when they see something that some 11 year old kid shot. the technologies so advanced these days that it has become almost too easy to get incredibly good, clean, sharp, properly exposed shots. but i will stop because im moving into nerd mode. i just love to see work from anyone who picks up a camera, professional or amateur, "photographer" or not. its always inspiring.

p.s. sorry about the multiple posts. just been picking through the posts. feeling somewhat bad since i started the thread and then only got around to just looking at it in any real depth now.

[kid cue]

Originally Posted by MikeyC

then of course you have to ask when does one even begin to consider themselves a "photographer." a good portion of the population on earth are taking pictures, so who gets the title.

i think you have to really care about the photographic medium, understand deeply what it can do, have a very personal relationship to it. i don't know if i can call myself a "photographer" on those terms. the photographers i know shoot every day, are willing to take thousands of pictures (on film!) in certain circumstances, which isn't so unusual, but they all seem to be working things out specifically through that medium. they still have something particular they want to get across in photographs; they aren't just using photographs because they happen to have a camera, and they can't draw, or whatever. and on some level, i think you have to love the photograph in and of itself, as opposed to just using it as a jumping-off point for some other project.

[viddy]

Originally Posted by dubman

i dont have a site, i just post photography along with everything else on a livejournal.

tr2a

though two recent sets are
http://tr2a.livejournal.com/214839.html

and

http://tr2a.livejournal.com/208999.html

Dubman, I LOVE the second set. AWESOME.

Duckie, I like that video with shots of the TV screen. Neato.

[supersonicsooty]

I've just started taking photographs to practise making images of terrestrial surroundings sure but here are a couple of extraterrestrial astroshots taken locally:

http://stemsalford.org/imagegallery.aspx

[kagenaki koe]

i really dont have a dedicated page for photos on my site (there is an art / photo / design section where most stuff is thrown in (plus i'm more of a casual shooter/hobby kinda thing)

so i just put some pages together with photos HERE

the blurry looking images with saturated colors were taken with a Lomo camera. the pics with text/etc on them are being used somewhere else on the site. theres a few photos that look like a series (the red/green decaying walls) but i havent gotten around to making a project out of it yet.

[kid cue]

i have some work up here:

http://fac13.org/~ryan
(click the arrows to navigate pix)

it's mainly videos right now, though..