What kind of photographer are you?

[Vinniec5]

I'm a gear hound/artist if I had to choose. I like good equipment and do like tech, so I don't mind being a gear hound. My first real camera was a Maxxum 7000 and had a few lenses dropped out of the camera gear race till the Sony A100 came out and all my Minolta lenses fit so I stayed with Sony(always like sony electronics and their cameras/video equipment are top notch). Sold my older Minolta gear and Sony A100 and picked up a Sony A580/18-250 Sony lens and 56AM flash and haven't looked back the A580 takes HD video so i picked up the Sony Stereo Mic and about a month ago found a nearly new Sony Reflex 500mm F8 lens that I've always wanted since Minolta started making them in the late 80's. It's basically a 500mm mirror telescope compact camera lens that is actually 750mm on DSLR's. now with just 2 lenses I'm better covered that with 5-6 lenses and a film camera not to mention being able to take thousands of pictures with just a couple of memory cards to carry

[TweakMDS]

Personally, I'm floating somewhere between artist and gear hound. If there were a category "strobist", I'd pick that, even though only a limited area of my photography is done with flashes, I love making intricate flash setups. I think it also sparked my flashaholism

[tomswift123]

I am Artistic photographer................

[Landshark99]

I did not see a Professional option

[jaycyu]

Closest I am is gear hound.
I have a 5D II, and like Nyx I slaved for many month to repay the debt.
I shoot IR, but spend more time "looking at cameras on the internet than taking pictures."
I stuck with the purist doctrine as long as I could. Now I have 3 lenses.
And lastly, I have no friends.

You should start your own fortune cookie factory.

[Smeghead]

From that list, I suppose the closest fit for me would be artist. I actually did use a film camera on a recent holiday to New York. I liked the whole experience of it. If I were using a digital camera, I know I would've been completely obsessed with getting perfect shots, retaking and just holding people up. With the film camera, I took one or two shots, and moved on. If it didn't come out right, then tough s---, it's my own fault. Film also looks fantastic, and digital still has a long way to go in my opinion to equal that special feel film has.

It's far too expensive though. £40 for about 9 rolls of film, and then it cost me another £40 to have them developed and scanned.

[killy]

I have ticked Gear hound - that is the closest to gadget man and there is no box for Bird/nature photographer which is a pity


Regards

Mike

http://www.flickr.com/photos/55985722@N08/

[aspirina750]

I might go for 2 and 4. And food photography is my thing.

How about adding one for gear photographers?

Cheers

[TedTheLed]

Lol. What weird sort of animal does "Leica owner" imply that none of the other choices do??

..and what sort of owner of Wetzlar glass wouldn't specify his/her model?

What if you're a Leica AND a Nikon owner?

M3.....F2

Do light meters count?

[blub]

None of the above, started as gear hound, now I have everything I need, pretty much know how to use it and try to use it a lot.

[sniper]

Dunno perzactly what kind of photog I are.

I consider myself an enthusiastic hobbiest, with 50 years' experience. I did film and manual metering for years, because that's all there was. I LOVE digital, as confusing as it is. My cameras are both older-generation 6 & 12 MP Digital SLRS, and I have a collection of AF lenses, some of which have been with me for 15-20 years, and work fine on my cameras, some newer ones, too, a couple of tripods, and a flash. Lots of cords, bags, remote releases, lens hoods, batteries and chargers, and one lonely flash bracket.
I think we make photography harder than it needs to be. Photographers PHOTOGRAPH...they don't spend endless hours drinking tea, discussing things like the whichness of what, diffraction and bokeh (Sounds like a cat hacking up a hairball, doesn't it?) and other interesting but ultimately non-relevant "issues" in the real world.

Maybe Curmudgeon Photographer should have been a category?

I was a photographer in the Air Force, a reporter/photog for a large daily newspaper, taught a photo fundamentals class for a year while doing graduate work. I have won awards for my photography, and enjoy the Merrie Aitch out of it.

It is a magical pastime! 'Nuff said!