The price is - what?: Photography, and why it isn't photography.

Echoes by The Rapture is a truly brilliant song.

So, I've given up on If It Matters At All indefinitely because we need to get some posts on here. I mean, we also need to grab ourselves some more followers, but to be honest if you've got to spout that much crap to get any - well it just isn't worth it.

I've spent the day shouting "you're not a bloody photographer!" at my screen today, and I thought our blog was about due for a lengthy rant. Hence "Photography, and why it isn't photography".

Take a look through Facebook, or scroll through your Dailybooth or Tumblr dashboard. How many people on there have an album labeled "photography" or claim to be an actual photographer? Now, answer this - how many of them are photographers? The word means nothing anymore - it's almost like my "love" argument. A photographer is someone who takes photographs professionally, yes? Not someone who takes photographs of themselves on their webcam, via a mirror, or with a bloody outstretched arm.

Another thing that honestly drives me up the wall is when people take slightly off-centre photos of bins, and call it art. It's a bin. I'm sure it meant a lot at the time and everything, but seriously?

A photographer is a professional - someone who is ideally paid for what they do. Not someone who thinks of themselves as both the model and the photographer, and then takes photographs of themselves in the bathroom.
You're not a photographer, you just have an overpriced camera.

Woah there, Rigrog! We all know who that was aimed at!
Yes, most of my rants are.

- a.