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<blockquote data-quote="theregsy" data-source="post: 30682" data-attributes="member: 4398">Professional for me is much more than money.&nbsp; As others have posted many of us have encountered so called professional photographers that are a complete nightmare, poor attitude, poor personal skills, poor results.&nbsp; To me to be a professional you have to do so much more than make money.&nbsp; When I am working as an amateur or a freelance I am polite, will take the time to explain who I am and what I am doing, even take a little time (if possible) to take the occaisional shot for someone with their camera, it costs nothing to be polite if you claim to be a pro you should act like one. The comments about kit always make me laugh, if I won the lottery and bought a Hassleblad then rolled up to the next festival with it I would be no better a phtographer than I am now <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; Kit is all well and good but there are people on here who are better photographers than I am, and no matter what kit I had access to they would be both technically and artistically.&nbsp; That gives me something to aim for LOL.&nbsp; But I digress I have seen people charged for 'professional' pictures that I would be ashamed to give away.Happy shooting to you all <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="theregsy, post: 30682, member: 4398"] Professional for me is much more than money. As others have posted many of us have encountered so called professional photographers that are a complete nightmare, poor attitude, poor personal skills, poor results. To me to be a professional you have to do so much more than make money. When I am working as an amateur or a freelance I am polite, will take the time to explain who I am and what I am doing, even take a little time (if possible) to take the occaisional shot for someone with their camera, it costs nothing to be polite if you claim to be a pro you should act like one. The comments about kit always make me laugh, if I won the lottery and bought a Hassleblad then rolled up to the next festival with it I would be no better a phtographer than I am now :) Kit is all well and good but there are people on here who are better photographers than I am, and no matter what kit I had access to they would be both technically and artistically. That gives me something to aim for LOL. But I digress I have seen people charged for 'professional' pictures that I would be ashamed to give away. Happy shooting to you all :) [/QUOTE]

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