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\"PhotographI find it odd that when you tell someone you are a photographer they immediately assume you are the local Olan Mills studio operator.  They either want a family portrait or have a daughter that is getting married and want to hire you.  I guess there is a mass disconnect when it comes to the word photographer.  Should I introduce myself as a Fine Art Photographer?<\/p>\n

Maybe Fine Art Photographer is a little too stiff for an opener.  Perhaps it would be better if I told people I am a photographic artist.  That should throw them into a tailspin.  Or should I start off by saying I am a photographer that does not work with people?  I seem to face this dilemma at times and it is hard to convince some that I only shoot rocks and trees.  Should I ask a person if they have some interesting rocks or trees in their back yard that they would like me to photograph?  How about a nice 11×14 contact print of that old barn out on granddad\u2019s old farm?<\/p>\n

 I am not out to offend anyone.  I have no need to place myself above any portrait photographer, it is that I just don\u2019t do people.  It takes a special kind of person to coax out those really interesting images of a person.  The knack of catching that expression just so.  I\u2019m no good at it and I will be the first to admit that to anyone.<\/p>\n

 I don\u2019t like photographing anything that moves.  I hate the wind.  Seems every time I find something really interesting and I check and see the wind is absolutely calm. . . well. . . you know what happens.  You get the camera all in place, pull the slide, get the shutter release in hand and there is just this little hint of a breath of moving air.  Just enough to make some little feathery leaf or weed wiggle.  I shoot with big cameras.  An 8×10 is my every day shooter.  I shoot with very small apertures and very long exposure times.  If anything I have chosen to be perfectly sharp moves, I have just wasted a sheet of film.  Depth of field is very scarce.  How do you get someone to not move a muscle?  Guess if I were photographing people I would be best suited to work with the dead.  Would that suffice as an inanimate object?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

My hat is off to all you portrait shooters.  I really don\u2019t know how you do it. . . or I should say I could not do it with any degree of success.<\/p>\n

 So for those of you that are not familiar with Fine Art Photographers, the next time someone tells you they are a photographer, be sure to ask first if they do people.  Don\u2019t just assume that photographer translates to Olan Mills Portrait Studio. <\/p>\n

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