"AMATEUR -- In this category of use, photography is motivated by the need to document--the first baby, life's milestones, and holidays--plus the sheer enjoyment or fun of photography as an activity. Photography is therefore also an end in itself, in which pleasurable attention to technical and artistic quality often far exceeds what is necessary for mere recording of events.
Amateur photography is vital to the photographic industry as the main engine driving innovation, keeping prices low and manufacturers competitive. For instance, amateurs adopted digital photography far more readily than professionals, and it is their enthusiasm that has brought professional quality down in price. Amateur photographers also take far more pictures than professionals, making up the majority of the hundreds of millions of images taken each year worldwide." -- Tom Ang, Fundamentals of Photography, p. 24 (2008)
"A birth certificate shows that we were born.
A death certificate shows that we have died.
Pictures show that we lived!" -- Anonymous
Saturday, January 24, 2009
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