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Old 22-01-12, 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by jet_kit View Post
Sorry to disagree.

A photographer is someone who operates a camera. A professional is someone who sells their work and an amateur is someone who doesn't. It's that simple.

We really shouldn't get bogged down in semantics. Someone who rides a bike is a cyclist, someone who sits in a bus is a passenger and someone who buys something in a shop is a customer. Why do we feel the need to get all anal and put photographers in a special class?
Until it comes to a situation where somebody wants to employ somebody for a job..... and then some kind of professional status is usually looked for - or at least some knowledge of the standard of work that can be expected.
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