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A Sense of Place Photography

So i wanted to introduce you to the wonderful stunning work of Katie & A Sense of Place Photography. Whilst her images clearly speak for themselves she is one of those people who infects you with her enthusiasm & drive. Throw in her life as a military wife, her new business & her current decision to spend her husband's deployment working on her career away from home & you understand you have a very special lady here. Oh & she's a poet also!

Well now throw in the death of her beloved camera & you can see there would be a slight hitch. Well this hasn't stopped Katie, instead she's set herself up on Kickstarter to try & raise the money for her new camera, which personally takes more guts & determination than i have. So if you have a moment please click on the link & help a girl out.

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definition of a photographer?

You know i see photographs every day ... some good, some average & some just plain bad but all from people who call themselves "photographers", but how do we define a photographer?

pho·tog·ra·pher

–noun a person who takes photographs, esp. one who practices photography professionally.

& Wikipedia defines a photographer as "a person who takes photographs using a camera."

So keeping all this in mind wouldn't that suggest that anybody, & anybody who picks up a camera is a photographer? I have a degree in photography, i've spent many years "learning" the art & now i'm selling my work, does this make me ay more of a "photographer" than joe blogs next to me taking holiday snaps of his screaming kids?

Now i would never claim to be the next Ansel Adams or Richard Averdon, but i figure i know a little bit about taking pretty pictures & when i see people advertising themselves as a "photographer" when they're work is mediocre it frustrates me. Now i know it shouldn't but it does.

So now i want you to tell me what it is that makes someone a "photographer" ... & maybe i'll even throw in a prize for the best answer!