DSLR: It doesn’t mean that you own a bulky camera means you’re a pro photographe
@heaytheblogger (2876)
Philippines
April 14, 2013 12:28am CST
Digital photography in this era is no doubt accessible even to those who do not study the principles and education of photography. With the budget friendly prices of professional cameras most likely Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR), People can now afford to have that crisp and sharp photograph without the need to having a pro photographer to do their shoots.
The thing though on some people who had invested on such cameras is that some of them feels as if they are professional photographers. It’s not bad to take photographs it’s just that some people does go overboard, putting watermarks on their photographs telling that it’s “PHOTOGRAPHY” where in fact, they even have any knowledge on Aperture, Depth-of-Field and have not even tried putting to Manual Mode their cameras.
Long story short, before claiming that you are “Pro-photographer” do invest on Photography education and do try clicking without the “Auto-mode”
Please share your thoughts…
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4 responses
@celticeagle (168112)
• Boise, Idaho
14 Apr 13
That sounds like a very smart idea. Getting all the information you can is very important.
@heaytheblogger (2876)
• Philippines
14 Apr 13
Very true! Rather than claiming as if you are a pro on something but eventually you are just fooling. why not engage on gaining knowledge about such skills.
Thank you so much for your response! 
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@celticeagle (168112)
• Boise, Idaho
14 Apr 13
Gaining knowledge about these skills is very important.
@lampar (7584)
• United States
30 Apr 13
It is quite true there are some armatures out there strongly believe if they spend bucks buying the biggest and bulkiest camera in the market they can possibly find, they will become a professional photographer overnight if not instantly. So long as the camera hanging around his neck look like the biggest among all the items in his carry on while taking the picture, he is a PRO without much argument. It is just funny some of them even engraved their photo with a watermark in the so called 'professionally' snapped photo when posted them online, to prevent other from keeping the photo without his permission, unfortunately, for this type of "Professional" photographers , they don't realize those photo not always turn out to be the best quality picture when taken with the biggest and bulkiest DSLR camera in the market equipped with longest lens and with automatic mode on all the time. They just refuse to accept the fact. 
@sk66rc (4250)
• United States
30 Apr 13
I majored in Photography in college... I even had set up dark-room in my house so I can develop my own pictures... I haven't been active in doing it because of the cost involved in it... I like Black & White pictures... I haven't really gotten into digital aspect of photography as much... I guess I'm an old school...
@luntian_grace (1373)
• Philippines
18 Apr 13
yes true there is a huge difference between a photographer and a snapper. in photography it does take craft to pull it off... you know your shots got that wow factor or it just enchants you when you look at it.
most of the time i use aperture mode or A mode at sony alphas. sometimes i use M mode when i photograph something with light effects... like long exposure photographs that i use bulb mode (fireworks).
as of the moment i am planing to teach photography locally so that next time i meet someone with a dslr they won't give me that look when i as them about what is their exposure... or that they use a exposure triangle to estimate their exposure. god please lord don't let me meet someone won't ask me what's a bloody light meter... really i might kill myself.
