Teenagers

JimmyJamesincorp · 1 year

TIL, Don't take pictures until you're a successful photographer

ohpeerm · 1 year

Based on statistical evidence.

Honestial · 1 year

Joke is on you I have a Canon.

Eschmacher · 1 year

Just because I'm 19 and I have a nikon dslr doesn't mean I think I'm a professional...

dragonboy398 · 1 year

I think the actual definition of Photographer is "a person who takes photographs", so technically as long as they take pictures, those teens with nikons are actual photographers

gee0000 · 1 year

Definition of "actual photographer" according to this: Someone that doesn't own a Nikon camera.

Ever stop to think that everyone has to start somewhere? I'm sure when you started out, you didn't have the top of the line equipment or all the know-how. I can appreciate that just like anything else, photography takes time to master. Why not extend a helping hand to nurture the budding interests of a new generation rather than passively putting them down?

dr7164 · 1 year

I feel like "Teenagers with an iPhone" is more appropriate.

millennia20 · 1 year

Definition of a photographer: A person who takes photographs.

erikb42 · 1 year

Yeah sucks when young people try to be creative. How dare they.

ironykarl · 1 year

People learn by making mistakes, making sub-par things, and persevering through it.

The way people don't learn is by giving a shit about pics like this. I know it's a joke (and I don't care that much), but...there you have it.

GreatDaneMMA · 1 year

can i get an equal pie chart with elitest photographer who thinks he is better than everyone else because he has a expensive camera and still cant create the art ive seen done with polaroids?

tucsonrat · 1 year

Yeah! Less people should like stuff.

Airazz · 1 year

What's wrong with Nikon?

Also, I've met some "I bought a Canon, now I'm a professional" individuals.

[deleted] · 1 year

It's not the camera, it's whose taking the photos that matter.

Wohleralex · 1 year

I actually have a Canon.

ContaxG2 · 1 year

There aren't many thing more fundamentally tedious than the Canon vs. Nikon thing. Use whatever camera you have on you to take the best photos you can.

ickjui · 1 year

What about those teenagers with canon rebels?

MeneerDijk · 1 year

This is just another way of saying: GTFO NOOB.

I find this a downside of the photography community, looking down on people just starting out, or with lesser equipment. Maybe it's time to remind yourself that we all started out with a shitty point and shoot, taking a picture in sepia mode of a teacup in a slightly tilted fashion because you thought it as artsy.

Sure some people use their expensive Canon D5 or Nikon D300 for a couple of snapshots, and some make awesome pictures with an Iphone. Stop acting like you have a monopoly on talent, and just enjoy what you do.

BeetrootKid · 1 year

WTF is this? I'm 19, was 16 when I got my dSLR as a two-year birthday present, after a year of only getting to use a point and shoot. I watched classes, read magazines, and listened to podcasts. I headed multiple school photography teams. My favorite part of any museum is the photography section.

But oh wait, i guess my age+my brand (??) means I can't call myself a photographer? I know this is a 'joke' but it sure is one elitist joke.

CampusTour · 1 year

I have a theory: anybody who gets upset about other people calling themselves photographers is almost certainly a shitty/failed photographer themselves.

jonny_boy27 · 1 year

Boy am I glad I shoot Pentax! ;)

Ooyeah · 1 year

Photographic artists are what most people think of when you say "photographer". Photography is such a broad field that encompasses all sort is social and documentry issues. It is quite an interesting field when you think about what it represents in society and a world wide culture.

egonym · 1 year

I think everyone should take pictures, especially kids. It's a great way to stay interested in what's around you.

[deleted] · 1 year

I was a teenager with a Nikon. Now I am a professional with a Nikon. Everyone starts somewhere.

Kievex · 1 year

Should have reffered to SLR just to avoid a brand discussion.

Biaga · 1 year

I fail to understand the hatred for Nikon....

joculator · 1 year

Some of those teenagers are taking better shots than the pros:

dikdikcheez · 1 year

i didn't realize nikons were so popular

acpawlek · 1 year

It was not true when I was a teenager with a camera. -OP

hazleapricot · 1 year

Good thing I'm in my 20s with a Nikon.

innoway · 1 year

this graph is not true!

maybe around 50% of teenagers own Canons....

mshimoura · 1 year

MIRROR PICTURE WITH MY NEW REBEL MOM AND DAD GOT ME FOR GRADUATION!

Eryth · 1 year

As a teenager with a Nikon, I find this offensive.

drewsus · 1 year

You have to start somewhere

onetouch09 · 1 year

I spent 6 years in college learning photography, top to bottom inside and out. It's ass hats like the people in this thread that are the reason I have been laid off. I worked for a well respected advertising agency straight out of college doing commercial photography. Why did I get laid off? Because a bunch of our clients bought expensive cameras or their secrectary's husband has a nice camera and they then decided that because they had a $2000 camera that they could do their own product, portrait, food, interior/exterior, composite photography. What they actually did was take a bunch of shitty pictures and then submit them to me to "fix." When it took me 4 hours to make their photograph look professional they blew their lid. As I pointed out the meta data showed that in the auto setting they were shooting at ISO 1600 in low lighting with no flash and the color balance incorrect they were even more angry. Had I just set up the shot in studio it would have been done in 35 minutes. So if you call yourself a photographer and you are some douche with an expensive camera wandering around the city taking pictures at weird angle. Screw you.

nshaz · 1 year

how about girl with a 1500 dollar camera on that pie chart? Someone who thinks that a picture of the sun through their window and blurry outlined rearview mirror is a great shot? I witnessed this today and shook my head

nsport44 · 1 year

*teenagers with an iphone

JesusJones207 · 1 year

"Actual Photographers" ... what a butt-hurt joke.

Atemis · 1 year

but I like my Nikon DSLR... FUUUUUUU- Why do people care anyway?

EnviousDan · 1 year

Stop being pretentious about it and mentor them.

ForwardTwo · 1 year

I teach a Photography club at my school. A lot of us are actually pretty talented, not speaking for myself though. I'm more on the editing spectrum.

I do have a D300 though. No, my parents didn't get it for me, I paid for it half and half with my dad. I love it so much and have learned a lot from it. I love animals, taking pictures in a Zoo is exciting and a great way to learn photography. Here's my flickr Photostream, just to show you that not all teenagers wreck the term photography with overexposed trash. http://www.flickr.com/photos/dylancolon

Phil6x · 1 year

Weird, im 18 (todays my birthday actually woooh) and shoot with a Nikon D7000 w/ 18-200mm VRII and a 300mm VRII. Ive spent more money on photography then most kids cars are worth. But i guess im just a kid with a nikon. Well ill be damned.

whyjesse · 1 year

What about teenagers that actually can take photos well?

LonelyNixon · 1 year

There is one benefit to owning a DSLR; you don't look like a creep. Guy taking pictures with a point-and-shoot: creep. Guy taking pictures with a DSLR: photographer. Didn't you know? Only girls are allowed to use point -and-shoot cameras!

[deleted] · 1 year

iPhone is the number one camera model on Flickr. You could complain, but I just hope Apple starts introducing some good cameras into their devices in the future. If teens are going to be documenting the world with the same model point and click, they may as well make it a decent one.

Roph · 1 year

"professional" photography / photographers share many similarities with "pro" audiophiles.

YO_VIOLO_GATOS · 1 year

Anyone can be a photographer. But are they beginner, novice, amateur, advanced, pro? I'm just out of teenhood (20), and I like to think of myself as advanced. Getting a lot of expensive gear doesn't make you necessarily better, although they are tools needed for some shots. Here's my website if anyone wants to check them out. All done with a nikon d60. www.shuttershout.com

Edit: I just realized that posting my website is kind of a circlejerk. Oh well.

kimchivirgin · 1 year

I'm sorry, but it's "Kiddies with Canons" and not Nikons. ty.

nigsbitch · 1 year

relevent

Still-a-Teenager · 1 year

I am a teenager and I approve of that graph.

infectiouscat · 1 year

An upvote because I'm sitting in photography class right now.

Mattxbc · 1 year

Well i have a Canon, so this thread clearly does not apply to me.

TheSwedeIrishman · 1 year

I got a Nikon but I'm not a teen anymore... YES!

CosmicMeat · 1 year

As a teenager that takes has a love for photography, I agree. Some just don't know what they are doing, some do.

lunchboksman44 · 1 year

I'm a teenager with a Canon, where does that leave me?

azraz · 1 year

Not even nikons, blurry phone cameras with a ridiculous flash

realfinkployd · 1 year

Professional photographer is usually someone who claims copyright on photos taken and makes their money selling you overpriced prints (think wedding photographers).

The line between the quality of their photos and random people with increasingly lower priced professional gear is narrowing.

jayTheSkyHawk · 1 year

teenagers with a canon*.

mrmystic · 1 year

Funny, we all start somewhere.

gyrostoopic · 1 year

Ha! I'm not a teenager and I have a Canon.

[deleted] · 1 year

I think anyone who coughs up $1000+ for a camera kinda tags the title "photographer" on their shirt when they're in public...

MnkyKing · 1 year

I'm a teenager with a Nikon. Check out my flickr/ portfolio. http://www.flickr.com/photos/61512704@N02/

silveradocoa · 1 year

mama dont take my kodachrome

bthans · 1 year

So I look at my homepage and see that the same person has three posts on the front page! What a streak, I say to myself. After clicking on all see I notice that they are all reposts. For shame, sir.

phatbrasil · 1 year

photographer is a career regardless of age, so if when somebody sells pictures for a living,THEN they are a photographer.

anything else, stfu and take pretty pictures.

mattv1 · 1 year

Where does Howard Stern fit in that graph?

orange_kevin · 1 year

And what, pray tell, does having a Nikon make these people worse?

I shoot Nikon, I started with Pentax and I used Canon before making my choice. I started at 17. Just because its Nikon does not make it a worse camera.

You know what makes things worse? Snobby cunts who are so elitist down to the 'lol OMG I use a Canon, Canon is SO much better'. Its as retarded as Mac VS Windows.

I shoot Nikon because it just feels better to me, but I have used Canon for various shoots as well. Canon shots were used in a magazine, Nikon shots for a London fashion designer (Ashley Marc Hovelle) and Topman.

Its not the camera, its the photographer.

But hey, I'm just perpetuating the circle jerk here, aren't I?

ohdoylerulez90 · 1 year

i have a nikon, and I'm a beginner, I'm not a teenager, but pictures are coming out better and better the more I practice! I'd like to get to photographer status someday.

speedslice · 1 year

Fuck nikon

StevenA3000 · 1 year

I think you forgot about Asian male tourists.

nolcat · 1 year

HA! i have a sony!

leroywho · 1 year

I am a teenager with a Canon. oh well

kippian · 1 year

Fuckn Coke Man. THAT is where it's at. FUCK Pepsi. Oh yeah....Fords are better than Chevy's too.....bitches.

kangaimroo · 1 year

I have a fed 5b. I consider myself neither of these.

ourtran · 1 year

Hey fuck you, i have a nikon. All you canon whores think youre so much better huh?

NerdseyJersey · 1 year

Hey! I moved on to the better percentage in college. Crime Scene Photography.

iamcase · 1 year

I'm 15 and have a Canon T2i right now with a 50mm. It really makes me sad that just because most teenagers take hipster pictures with a DSLR that their rich and snobby parents bought them. I don't call myself a photographer now but some day I hope I can. My dream is to become a wildlife photographer. I just wish that people would give at least a few of us teenagers with a photography dream just somewhat of a break.

Edit: Grammar

conwyt · 1 year

I just bought a Canon 60D two weeks ago as my first dslr ...but I definitely don't think I am a photographer. So am I a douchebag for spending more money and skipping the entry level?

Goof1232 · 1 year

I was probably one of the kids he talks about, i made photo's of rotting crabs; http://i.imgur.com/Npluo.jpg

u83rmensch · 1 year

if the title is "people who THINK they're photographers" shouldnt that be 100% teenagers with a Nikon?

Bromine_Zinc · 1 year

Teenagers with a Cell Phone Camera FTFY

rhodesian_mercenary · 1 year

Reddit, you're getting old.

54chaos45 · 1 year

way under estimated...

gordonovski · 1 year

I have a Nikon, and I take pictures, but I don't consider myself a photographer.

Yet.

And along with a lot of people here, girls who post pictures that are like, "this is sweet look at me smoking so hipster," fucking piss me off. I apologise for my generation.

[deleted] · 1 year

/r/circlejerk is this way

haducant · 1 year

lol, im a teen, got a nikon, except i only mess around to see what i get and thats with a coolpix p100

haducant · 1 year

IF IT TAKES A GOOD PICTURE, NIKON OR CANON OR A FUCKIN PENTAX, I DONT GIVE A FUCK, ITS A GOOD CAMERA

insidethesun · 1 year

everyone with a fucking camera you pretentious fuck.

[deleted] · 1 year

Pretentious asshole.

SoheilaK · 1 year

actually i use a canon, and im pretty awsome

Intolight · 1 year

I play like to baseball on Sundays as a hobby. I even play in a league. This doesn't mean I'm a baseball player.

I cook to dinner. Doesn't mean I'm a chef.

I went to film school and I got extremely annoyed by all these wannabes claiming that they were a "director". Just because you made a shitty 5 minute student film does not make you a director. People work their asses off for that title. I majored in cinematography at film school but that did not mean I was a cinematographer. I was a student.

I used a cinematographer credit on the films I worked on because that was my position at that time. By no means did I consider myself a legit cinematographer. Conrad C. Hall would be rolling in his grave if he saw all the film students claiming they were cinematographers.

If you take photos as a profession, yes you are a *photographer (sad but true, will explain later).

There's a difference between, "I like to take photos" and "I'm a photographer." I also believe it's a title that people that have seen your work should give you. If people (not friends or relatives) find your quality of work on the level of professional photography, then I wouldn't mind so much.

I just get annoyed with a bunch of random people who use AUTO and edit the shit out of it, think that they can call themselves photographers. It belittles people that really take photography seriously.

This is the same with "*professional" photographers in a small town who takes absolutely shit wedding and portrait photos and charges a stupid amount of money. True photographers are a dieing breed. They're usually the ones too broke to afford a new camera. They're busy looking for work because they're constantly being pushed out by everyone and their moms, thinking that just because they bought a new 1D, their photographs are worth selling to people.

end rant

Edit - Just a quick note. If you are more interested in buying a camera body than camera lenses, you are doing it wrong.

TL;DR - You're not a photographer.

thelosthansen · 1 year

But if I take a picture in black and white it doesn't make me a photographer?

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