Why would you enjoy photography?

Answer 1

It's just my thing. I guess.I love Photography.

Its my hobby,so I made it my profession also...

I am stock photographer and sell my photos at some stock photography site (e.g. http://camerabux.com/)

I love photography and earn using my hobby

Answer 2

This is a great example of how students are using this website. They appear to be so lazy and eager to find a quick substitute for thinking that they can't even interpret a simple question. This question was obviously copied verbatim dispute being a request for personal reasons, context and background rather than a question that can be answered by a series of facts.

The answer to "Why do you want" cannot be found on the internet.

Answer 3

Studying anything better prepares you to do it. If you wanted to be a psychiatrist you know that you'd need to study for years to ready yourself for a career in it. The trouble is that photography "don't get no respect." Photography at first glance seems so simple - just point the thing and push the button - but it's so much more than that, that I hardly know where to begin. Here's just a couple of things off the top of my head:

Nuts and Bolts: when you bought your camera, did you at least read the Quick Start sheet? You probably did because otherwise you would have no clue how to operate the camera. Even the simplest point-and-shoots have features that you might never know about if you didn't study the manual. Those of is who were working professionals were told repeatedly that the camera needed to become a natural extension of our hand and eye; in other words, operating the camera needed to become automatic, no conscious thought involved, because capturing fleeting moments depends on quick action with the equipment. Old pros will be heard to say that they wish they could load film between their ears and blink, because the camera actually gets in the way! But until someone figures out a better way of capturing images, we're pretty much stuck with it.

Composition: there once was an advertisement for a particular camera featuring a well known professional photographer. The tag line for the ad was, "You may not have my eye, but you can have my camera." Us old pros used to laugh ourselves silly over that one, because we all know that the camera or the lens or the film or whatever has little to do with photography. They are just tools; means to an end. The advert was saying, quite literally, that any fool can pick up this camera but knowing what to do with it is another matter. Knowing what to do with it is a matter of study. It is, quite literally, a matter of developing "the eye." Our professors used to encourage us to spend as much time as possible in art museums closely examining the compositions of masters. Study and practice leads eventually to a natural sense of composition. Again, it's a matter of not having to consciously think about it.

Peer review: most photography courses worth their salt will have students submit self assignments at least weekly for review by professors and students. You can learn a lot by being critiqued, and you have to get used to it because if you turn pro, every customer you have will critique everything you do, sometimes harshly.

A friendly warning: as you get better and better, at some point before you turn pro some nice friend is going to ask you to photograph something important for them. Often it's a wedding. My best advice? Don't touch it with a ten foot tripod leg. I did (most of us did) and it's a miracle I survived it. The friendship, predictably, did not. It's a huge two-edged sword: on the one hand, you learn an incredible amount (mostly about what you shouldn't have done) in a very short time; on the other hand, you will be lucky to escape a lawsuit for "ruining the loving couple's Most Important Day." So what do you do? Maybe apprentice yourself to a working pro with a sterling reputation and learn the job by watching a real pro do it.

Answer 4

There is a saying among professional photographers: "I started out taking pictures for fun; then I started taking pictures for friends; then I started taking pictures for money."

That's exactly how many of us began, although that's a vast oversimplification of reality. We were educated, of course. It's unwise to pursue a career in photography (or anything else) without formal training of some sort. But I suspect most professionals started out as hobbyists because, let's face it, photography is fun. Who doesn't like taking pictures? Photos are frozen moments in time. They trigger memories even if they're not very good. Why are you wondering about pursuing photography as a profession? You must already like it or you wouldn't be thinking about it.

But professional photography requires that the pictures be good, really good, and consistently good, yet that's part of the enjoyment: making really good consistently professional and creative photographs is a tremendous challenge, no matter what aspect of the industry you find yourself in, so you must not only be creative, you must enjoy a challenge. Studio and advertising photographers are daily challenged to make the product look good, no matter what it is or what it's made of. This can be hugely difficult, but there's a wonder of satisfaction if you figure out a way to do it that no one's tried before (the longer photography goes on the harder it is to make something new under the sun). If you're photographing an outdoor wedding and it rains, there's compensation far beyond money in having gotten great shots under the worst conditions. It may not be pleasant at the time, but when you look at your own stuff, and better yet when the couple looks at it and breathes, "Wow," you enjoy it.

Answer 5

You can use photography as your memories. Some forms of photography show how you feel; they show emotions. I enjoy photography because I love taking pictures of everything. It makes me feel like I can transform anything I see into art. It may sound cheesy, but it makes me feel better ;D

Answer 6

Because it is fun and enjoyable and if you have a camera, why not use it, use it for photography instead of it laying around.. also you can shock yourself by taking a really good picture.

Answer 7

I enjoy creating beautiful things.

I also like playing with cool gadgets.

Photography lets me do both.