What does photography mean to you ?

It's always nice to come across a street photographer. I'm male, 22 and I shoot digital, but I am quite fond of film, currently in the process of saving up for a decent film camera. My favourite type is street photography (coincidentally enough) I use a Leica M9, so the only mode I have is Manual, but I also shoot Colour, just down to personal preference. As for what makes a good photographer, the equipment does play a very big part in it, but mainly it's the final image, I personally hate over editing in pictures which is why I put so much faith in the actual camera and lens itself. It doesn't necessarily come down to price with cameras though, you could find a camera for £25 that gets a picture exactly as you wanted, or you could get a camera for £5000 that matches a different type of style. It's all preference. I don't particularly have a favourite photographer, more a collection of favourites, but shortened down I'd say Joel Meyerowitz, Matt Stuart, Robert King and Steve McCurry. No I wouldn't say there had to be a human presence in street photography, it's solely down to every day life, whether it be something that has been left in the street or a dog walking around... Anything. And as for improving your photos, I wouldn't say you'd have to do anything... Just keep doing what you're doing and develop your own style.

Photography is capturing a moment in time and making it last forever. Female. 30 yrs old Digital Travel & Lifestyle Photography is art when it evokes profound emotion. Creativity, patience, being there in the moment, and seeing the moments when it comes. The right equipment obviously helps, but a strong final image can happen by chance too. Luck plays a role. Good camera and lighting tools are important. Robert Doisneau and Alfred Eisenstaedt are my favorites. Human presence is not necessary.

If I could just simply answer your questions with one answer, I hope you dont mind if I leave you with this link. Now it is a link to a question of mine, but Im just to lazy to go and look up this fave picture of mine. Check out the link within this question below....thank you http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AiQsCu73TZIz8ybmoXD9j0MhBgx.;_ylv=3?qid=20120203181901AA0WDVD The answer to your very last Q is this. Everyone improves on their photos, you're never at your best really. There's always a picture that'll be different from the other. You will more than likely want to challenge yourself and strive for better pictures all the time. You have a real talent. Keep it up.

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(a) Female (b) 40's (c) Digital (d) Yes. Flower's, landscapes, buildings and etc. (e) Usually automatic. Sometimes Macro. (f) Colour. (g) Having a good eye. It is a picture which you can appreciate with the eye, feel in your heart and feel with your soul. (I'm sorry. That seems a bit pompous. I'm not sure how to say what I mean.) (h) It's the photographer. I have seen photographs taken by people with lots of expensive equiptment which are good photographs but rather mediocre andordinary. However a person with a compact digital camera won the "Countryfile" photography competition a couple of years ago. (Sometimes it is also a healthy dose of good old fashioned good luck. (i) Professional photographers, no. I don't know who they are. Amature photographers, Regwah on Flickr. (He's also on Yahoo Answers.) On Flickr I have a whole load of favourites. (My username on Flickr is also Helmaron. Feel free to have a nosey.) (J) Usually yes, but it depends what sort of atmostphere the photographer wants to capture. (k) They're good. They have an almost journalistic quality to them. They do however seem to have been posed,

1) Rather not say 2) Rather not say 3) Film feels better, for quality work definitely film. For working convenience digital. 4) Landscape in my spare time 5) Well since my Mamiya only has one mode, and that one is manual, I use manual. My 1Ds is a little more automated, I still use manual though. Av and Tv are used on occasion where appropriate. 6) Meh there is a time and place for both. Stop trying to pigeonhole me. 7) How long is a piece of string? 8) I can tell you it's definitely not the equipment. I have some kit that dates from the 1930s which is still in working order. Other than that I can't really say much, it's a combination of experience, vision, and skill. 9) Up to a point yet. If you use milk bottles, and tiny sensors the size of a pinkie tip with no control then that's gonna be useless. Otherwise stop being a gearhead, I have a 1Ds because it's bulletproof, same reason for the mamiya. 10) I don't like the term favourite, there are many photographers I like and admire, but I wouldn't say any are "favourite" 11) I think that is rather the point. 12) Keep an eye on the composition, some shots look cluttered.