I did not see your original post, Bob.
That is a different track. Either a snapshooter, or a photographer can have
that skill. I like to think that a photographer will be able to translate his
vision to a final image a higher percent of the time, but that may be just my
thing. I know a lot of snapshooters that have a lot better eye than I do. I
have also seen more than a lot of both who have no idea of what an interesting
picture is.
I find the responses to my post interesting. Whether one has something to say is entirely different than how well one can express their thoughts. I have known a lot of good commercial photographers who have nothing of their own to say, but can put some one else's thoughts in to photographic form extremely well.
To put it another way, there are a lot of good writers whom have nothing
interesting to say. There are also a lot of people who have a lot of
interesting thing to say who are not good writers. Personally I liked the
writer who said he bought all his story ideas by the dozen from a guy in
Pennsylvania.
graywolf
http://www.graywolfphoto.com
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[Original Message]
From: Bob W
Well, when we get right down to it, the only difference
between a snapshooter (I just want to take pictures) and a
Photographer (I want to make the best pictures I can) is
knowledge of the craft of photography.
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Nothing to do with the ability to see a picture or tell a story, then?
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