Are you a photographer?

Can we consider anyone who has the intent of photographing is a photographer? My answer will be NO.

Photographer is a person who possess a complete control over the amount of light that is allowed to fall on the image sensor/ flim.

So the maturity or the  skill set a photographer possess is directly proportional to the degree of control over the amount of light that falls on the camera digital sensor/flim.

Having said the above, How do we classify a Good photographer from a Bad photographer?

Frankly no one can term a photographer as bad.. because that any photograph will look good or convey the necessary message from the point of view of the photographer who photographed it. So just because a observer finds a photograph to be boring or couldn’t get the message out doesn’t mean that he/she who photographed it is a bad photographer.

But only a photographer himself can rate himself as good or bad if his…

Expected results = Actual results —-> Good photographer.

Expected results ≠ Actual results —-> Bad Photographer.

* When I mean results, I mean the photograph.

So If I feel I have done a excellent photography and I love the photograph I shot, I can indeed consider myself as a good photographer. I do not need anyone to acknowledge my work as excellent piece of art, as long as I proclaim it within myself. So lets stop thinking about the comments we received for our photo as good or bad and start following our heart. Any photo is not bad unless you tag it as bad and no photo is good unless you really got what you expected.

But in case you need to publish your work and want others to admire and acknowledge your work, then you need to follow some standard set protocols and make the message in the photograph very much clear for the desired audience  to understand.