PetaPixel: There are 6 Photographer ‘Types’: Which One are You?

jcdoss · 01-30-2020, 07:55 AM - **3 Likes**

This is just a fun thread for discussion, and I think most have appreciated the mood of this thread. If you don't like your choices, do as Iheiramo did, and make up your own! We're not re-writing the photographers' DSM here, just playing around.

Me: "Bum with a Camera - Subject owns cameras and many lenses, probably a gear junkie, but also takes some pictures. Subject carries gear everywhere, even to the grocery stores. Subject's style therefore is to photograph whatever presents itself, and post-work is fairly routine bumps in saturation/clarity/sharpening for web display and small prints. Subject's output is appreciated by nearly no one because of little aesthetic or documentary value."

I wonder if above fits anyone else?

**luftfluss** · 01-30-2020, 09:32 AM - **1 Like**

90% of the time I'm just a happy snapper with nice gear.

devouges · 01-30-2020, 09:52 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by luftfluss

90% of the time I'm just a happy snapper with nice gear.

Yeah..... me too..... and I like to try all kinds of "stuff".....

**TedH42** · 01-30-2020, 01:39 PM

Mostly Explorer, lurching to Sportsman, but always a Hunter/Gatherer (but not much monochrome) when traveling. Astrophotography seems covered by Explorer, with prodigious amounts of post.

But I'd really like to be Jerry Uelsmann.

So how about Eclectic instead?

**savoche** · 01-30-2020, 01:47 PM

Originally posted by jcdoss

If you don't like your choices, do as Iheiramo did, and make up your own

Ok, then I'll go with Opportunist

**Sir Nameless** · 01-30-2020, 07:11 PM - **1 Like**

Should we move on to Myers-Briggs now?

bdery · 01-31-2020, 06:37 AM

Why are the results hidden?

I consider myself a mix of the explorer, director and hunter-gatherer.

jcdoss · 01-31-2020, 08:10 AM

Originally posted by bdery

Why are the results hidden?

Fantastic question. I didn't set it up that way, and in fact had it set up to show who voted for which when I started the poll. Now I go to check and I see it says "The results are hidden for everyone but Administrators, Moderators and thread starter." I am pretty sure it didn't say that when i started the thread, but maybe it did. It's also possible the deep state has infiltrated Pentax Forums and is censoring, but most likely explanation is junk forum software that needs upgraded.

**luftfluss** · 01-31-2020, 02:21 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by jcdoss

It's also possible the deep state has infiltrated Pentax Forums and is censoring...

I like this, makes me feel like I'm part of something dangerous...

Liney · 02-02-2020, 01:16 AM

Originally posted by jcdoss

Fantastic question. I didn't set it up that way, and in fact had it set up to show who voted for which when I started the poll. Now I go to check and I see it says "The results are hidden for everyone but Administrators, Moderators and thread starter." I am pretty sure it didn't say that when i started the thread, but maybe it did. It's also possible the deep state has infiltrated Pentax Forums and is censoring, but most likely explanation is junk forum software that needs upgraded.

A great question and by the looks of it an interesting set of responses. Personally I would split my time between Hunter / Gatherer and Anarchist, but then I never was one for following the herd....

**savoche** · 02-06-2020, 12:01 PM

Originally posted by luftfluss

I like this, makes me feel like I'm part of something dangerous...

Are you saying... that we're all doomed?

**savoche** · 02-06-2020, 12:04 PM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by Liney

Anarchist

Actually, this poll (or the article that triggered it) inspired me to deliberately try the more "anarchist" look. But then I guess it's not really anarchist any more, now, is it...

Edit: Heck, this is a photography forum, isn't it? Here's one from today.

01-31-2020, 08:10 AM	#38
jcdoss Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,769 Original Poster	Originally posted by bdery Why are the results hidden? Fantastic question. I didn't set it up that way, and in fact had it set up to show who voted for which when I started the poll. Now I go to check and I see it says "The results are hidden for everyone but Administrators, Moderators and thread starter." I am pretty sure it didn't say that when i started the thread, but maybe it did. It's also possible the deep state has infiltrated Pentax Forums and is censoring, but most likely explanation is junk forum software that needs upgraded. Attached Images

02-06-2020, 12:04 PM - 2 Likes	#42
savoche Master of the obvious Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lowlands of Norway Posts: 18,311	Originally posted by Liney Anarchist Actually, this poll (or the article that triggered it) inspired me to deliberately try the more "anarchist" look. But then I guess it's not really anarchist any more, now, is it... Edit: Heck, this is a photography forum, isn't it? Here's one from today. Last edited by savoche; 02-06-2020 at 12:50 PM.

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View Poll Results: What kind of photographer are you?
Hunter/Gatherer	The results are hidden	0%
Director	The results are hidden	0%
Sportsman	The results are hidden	0%
Illustrator	The results are hidden	0%
Explorer	The results are hidden	0%
Anarchist	The results are hidden	0%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 71. You may not vote on this poll

01-30-2020, 07:55 AM - 3 Likes	#31
jcdoss Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,769 Original Poster	This is just a fun thread for discussion, and I think most have appreciated the mood of this thread. If you don't like your choices, do as Iheiramo did, and make up your own! We're not re-writing the photographers' DSM here, just playing around. Me: "Bum with a Camera - Subject owns cameras and many lenses, probably a gear junkie, but also takes some pictures. Subject carries gear everywhere, even to the grocery stores. Subject's style therefore is to photograph whatever presents itself, and post-work is fairly routine bumps in saturation/clarity/sharpening for web display and small prints. Subject's output is appreciated by nearly no one because of little aesthetic or documentary value." I wonder if above fits anyone else?

01-30-2020, 09:32 AM - 1 Like	#32
luftfluss Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: NJ Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 11,619	90% of the time I'm just a happy snapper with nice gear.

01-30-2020, 09:52 AM - 1 Like	#33
devouges Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 324	Originally posted by luftfluss 90% of the time I'm just a happy snapper with nice gear. Yeah..... me too..... and I like to try all kinds of "stuff".....

01-30-2020, 01:39 PM	#34
TedH42 F/8 & Somewhere Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Colorado Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,412	Mostly Explorer, lurching to Sportsman, but always a Hunter/Gatherer (but not much monochrome) when traveling. Astrophotography seems covered by Explorer, with prodigious amounts of post. But I'd really like to be Jerry Uelsmann. So how about Eclectic instead?

01-30-2020, 01:47 PM	#35
savoche Master of the obvious Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lowlands of Norway Posts: 18,311	Originally posted by jcdoss If you don't like your choices, do as Iheiramo did, and make up your own Ok, then I'll go with Opportunist

01-30-2020, 07:11 PM - 1 Like	#36
Sir Nameless Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Mass a chew sits Photos: Gallery Posts: 574	Should we move on to Myers-Briggs now?

01-31-2020, 06:37 AM	#37
bdery Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Quebec city, Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 9,357	Why are the results hidden? I consider myself a mix of the explorer, director and hunter-gatherer.

01-31-2020, 02:21 PM - 1 Like	#39
luftfluss Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: NJ Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 11,619	Originally posted by jcdoss It's also possible the deep state has infiltrated Pentax Forums and is censoring... I like this, makes me feel like I'm part of something dangerous...

02-02-2020, 01:16 AM	#40
Liney Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 1,237	Originally posted by jcdoss Fantastic question. I didn't set it up that way, and in fact had it set up to show who voted for which when I started the poll. Now I go to check and I see it says "The results are hidden for everyone but Administrators, Moderators and thread starter." I am pretty sure it didn't say that when i started the thread, but maybe it did. It's also possible the deep state has infiltrated Pentax Forums and is censoring, but most likely explanation is junk forum software that needs upgraded. A great question and by the looks of it an interesting set of responses. Personally I would split my time between Hunter / Gatherer and Anarchist, but then I never was one for following the herd....

02-06-2020, 12:01 PM	#41
savoche Master of the obvious Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lowlands of Norway Posts: 18,311	Originally posted by luftfluss I like this, makes me feel like I'm part of something dangerous... Are you saying... that we're all doomed?