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<p>Adam<br>

I have been in the profession since 1975-started out shooting babies-door to door for a diaper service. I REALLY needed to be a photographer, never took a photo class, took jobs like retouching wedding prints, never even knew about internships or assisting. If I knew then what I know now as far as where this profession is headed I wouldn't have ventured down that road. Anybody and Everybody can be a photographer - THAT"S the problem. One does not need expertise anymore to make great pictures. There is FlickR and art directors,photo editors comb it regularly and a lot of people who are dying to have their work published are actually GIVING their stuff away. The whole profession is going through a reeling sea change- I would say- stay out of it- It aint what it used to be- but If you HAVE to be a photographer- do it. but If you just would LIKE to be one- keep it as a hobby. Good Luck</p>

<p>Adam<br>

I have been in the profession since 1975-started out shooting babies-door to door for a diaper service. I REALLY needed to be a photographer, never took a photo class, took jobs like retouching wedding prints, never even knew about internships or assisting. If I knew then what I know now as far as where this profession is headed I wouldn't have ventured down that road. Anybody and Everybody can be a photographer - THAT"S the problem. One does not need expertise anymore to make great pictures. There is FlickR and art directors,photo editors comb it regularly and a lot of people who are dying to have their work published are actually GIVING their stuff away. The whole profession is going through a reeling sea change- I would say- stay out of it- It aint what it used to be- but If you HAVE to be a photographer- do it. but If you just would LIKE to be one- keep it as a hobby. Good Luck</p>

<p>Adam<br>

I have been in the profession since 1975-started out shooting babies-door to door for a diaper service. I REALLY needed to be a photographer, never took a photo class, took jobs like retouching wedding prints, never even knew about internships or assisting. If I knew then what I know now as far as where this profession is headed I wouldn't have ventured down that road. Anybody and Everybody can be a photographer - THAT"S the problem. One does not need expertise anymore to make great pictures. There is FlickR and art directors,photo editors comb it regularly and a lot of people who are dying to have their work published are actually GIVING their stuff away. The whole profession is going through a reeling sea change- I would say- stay out of it- It aint what it used to be- but If you HAVE to be a photographer- do it. but If you just would LIKE to be one- keep it as a hobby. Good Luck</p>

<p>Adam<br>

I have been in the profession since 1975-started out shooting babies-door to door for a diaper service. I REALLY needed to be a photographer, never took a photo class, took jobs like retouching wedding prints, never even knew about internships or assisting. If I knew then what I know now as far as where this profession is headed I wouldn't have ventured down that road. Anybody and Everybody can be a photographer - THAT"S the problem. One does not need expertise anymore to make great pictures. There is FlickR and art directors,photo editors comb it regularly and a lot of people who are dying to have their work published are actually GIVING their stuff away. The whole profession is going through a reeling sea change- I would say- stay out of it- It aint what it used to be- but If you HAVE to be a photographer- do it. but If you just would LIKE to be one- keep it as a hobby. Good Luck</p>

<p>I am a professional shooter for thirty years- I have been offered a slot at a private high school summer program. My background is editorial mostly doing higher end environmental portraits for magazines. Obviously I started with film, light meters , strobes, and shooting everything on one piece of transparency film- my motto was bracket bracket bracket. I know light- artificial,natural, mixed, filters etc. It's a digital world no matter what you think of film. I am sooo happy not to walk into a mixed light office,figure out color temps etc BUT having already learned this has helped me greatly when I shoot digital. I want to design a class on SEEING photos. Does anyone have experience teaching someone who apparently does not have much of an eye for photographic composition.</p>

As someone previously said BRACKET-even if you shoot digitally. One more word from a 30

year veteran of sunset pics.Try to always make the sunset a stage for something else in the

shot.

like that tanker.Look for a person walking a dog, a surfer,a tree . Anything. Somehow

focusing on another object doesn't take away from the beauty of the sunset it just puts it in

perspective.

the front of the barrel seems to move at least 1 mm maybe 2-it's hard for me to judge. It just

seems to me that a lens should not move like this

Does anyone else experience softness with the 24-70 2.8/?

The barrel moves side to side-is that normal.

 

is very slow focusing a camera or lens issue?

thanks for any help .

david