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[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Among other things, the amateurs generally don't take enough photos.

I remember, pre-digital, when pro photographers had what looked like a coffee can attached to their cameras, because they shot so many pictures, all on film at that point, and had to pull out and cut out just what they needed to develop in the dark room, before winding the rest back inside the giant cannister.

 

[prabe]

I remember, pre-digital, when pro photographers had what looked like a coffee can attached to their cameras, because they shot so many pictures, all on film at that point, and had to pull out and cut out just what they needed to develop in the dark room, before winding the rest back inside the giant cannister.

Even if you're mostly taking pictures of static stuff, like landscapes, you need to take an amazing number of pictures to get any decent shots. I have to imagine that's even more true if your subjects are in motion.

 

[Ryujin]

Among other things, the amateurs generally don't take enough photos.

At an event you might hear something that sounds like a silenced machinegun going off. Watch a Hollywood red carpet event and you'll hear it immediately. That's burst mode on a DSLR camera. That can be up to 30 images a second. My primary mirrorless camera is capable of 60 shots a second, when running in electronic shutter mode. Despite that I used fast shutter, but would only shoot 1-3 shots at a time.

And decades to learn how to take a photo worth paying for.

Anyone who thinks amateurs consistently take photos comparable to experts doesn't look at enough photos.

In case you want to take a look, MorallyAmbiguous. I was pretty workmanlike in skill. I have friends who are absolute artists.

 

[Ryujin]

Even if you're mostly taking pictures of static stuff, like landscapes, you need to take an amazing number of pictures to get any decent shots. I have to imagine that's even more true if your subjects are in motion.

And each individual branch of photography is a distinct skillset. My skills are transferable to something like equestrian photography but when a friend asked me to shoot her wedding I said, "Sure. Just get on a bike and do the service at 100 MPH."

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

In case you want to take a look, MorallyAmbiguous I was pretty workmanlike in skill. I have friends who are absolute artists.

People pay thousands of dollars for handmade dining room tables made by craftsfolk. That's a level of achievement right there.

 

[Gradine]

Calzones include ricotta

Not if you make them properly

ricotta, the worst of all cheeses.

This is true, however

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Me but regarding a different fantasy property that Must Not Be Named

 

[prabe]

And each individual branch of photography is a distinct skillset. My skills are transferable to something like equestrian photography but when a friend asked me to shoot her wedding I said, "Sure. Just get on a bike and do the service at 100 MPH."

I generally take a lot of photographs when we go to parkland places. At least landscapes don't move, so you get as many chances as you want (more or less). Something so focused around moments as a wedding would seem way less approachable, coming from a different skillset.

 

[Reynard]

Ok. I definitely feel like I am being trolled now, or maybe I accidentally slipped into a parallel universe where words have different meanings.

 

[Deset Gled]

Ok. I definitely feel like I am being trolled now, or maybe I accidentally slipped into a parallel universe where words have different meanings.

We call that universe "The Forge".

 

[Ryujin]

I generally take a lot of photographs when we go to parkland places. At least landscapes don't move, so you get as many chances as you want (more or less). Something so focused around moments as a wedding would seem way less approachable, coming from a different skillset.

The skillset is massively different. I'm used to standing in the middle of a field and being largely left alone, unless I do something really stupid.

Wedding photography is 1/4 photography, 1/4 accounting, and 1/2 social science. I have shot one wedding, with a friend as the #2. It was painful. I got advice from a couple of professional wedding photographers before hand and ended up with a list of the "must have" shots. I also got one very good piece of advice: "Ask the bride who the most problematic family member is going to be and make that person your people wrangler so that they feel important, and are kept busy."