Why photography has become an elite hobby

Lately, a passion for photography is more and more associated with a profession. When a person says they do photography or are taking a photography course, the first thought is that they earn, or plan to earn, money from it.

Students on the course regularly tell me that when they talk about their hobby to friends or at work, the first thing they hear is: "do you want to change your profession?"

This is strange, because there are many people for whom photography is purely rest and a source of pleasure. Just as not everyone who loves skiing wants to be an instructor, and not everyone who likes to cook refined food wants to open a restaurant. In the same way photography gives many people great pleasure without any need to make money from it.

Does it turn out that doing something without trying to earn from it is a luxury? Allowing yourself to step away from thoughts about money and immerse yourself in the process.

And this although, financially, photography is a very inexpensive pleasure. Especially digital, if you do not give in to the race for the newest equipment.

A camera is a unique tool for getting absorbed in the world around you and studying it in detail and nuance, and for sharing your finds. In architecture and nature, in people’s emotions and actions... Under the close attention of the camera the world opens up with new interesting details, thoughts and feelings.

Looking at the world and people as a photographer, you get more absorbed in what is happening and you notice and understand the patterns around you better. How this or that space, object or scene is arranged. How to create harmonious spaces yourself.

If you allow yourself to do photography not for work but for pleasure, you can discover an extra interesting world.

Photography is a wonderful reason to walk around the city or in nature, travel to new places, meet new people for portraits and for creative company.

Growing in photography is needed precisely in order to:
1. get more pleasure from the process and the result;
2. enrich yourself more with thoughts and feelings that help in your main work or everyday life.

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