A day in the life of...
ROMANIA
A Photographer
By Michael
Photography has been around for quite a
few decades now, as a hobby or as a job.
However, it is true that not until recently
has it become a more accessible passion
for the ordinary person. Ever since the
digital era, which started in 1991,
photography started to change drastically.
People argue that the digitalization of
photography might not have been such a
good thing, because nowadays everyone
that owns a decent DSLR calls himself a
photographer and because film
photography will always be superior. But
let’s not talk about that now. Let me show
you exactly how a day in the life of a
photographer feels like.
We usually start our day by waking up.
Pretty cool, huh? Well, leaving jokes
aside, we sometimes have to wake up
pretty early in order to catch good light
( both the sunrise and the sundown offer
softer shadows, therefore making it
perfect for natural light photography ).
Now that I really think about it, there’s
not that much action in this domain of
activity. Sure, I get to meet all kinds of
models and stuff and the time I spend
shooting photos is quite fun, but most of
my time as a photographer I spend at
home, in front of my computer. The postprocessing involved with digital
photography takes quite a lot of time to
get done. I have to spend about 5 hours
to edit for every 1 hour of shooting. Let
me show you what I mean. (for this
article, I will only be using self-portraits)
I mostly like
shooting people,
but I also take
photographs of
other stuff at
times. These
photos were taken
recently.
Post-processing example (original at the
top and processed one at the bottom)