Why do you photograph?

[Wayne Lambert]

Ultimately, why do you photograph, because you like the subject or because you like the photograph?

[Kirk Gittings]

I care about the subject, but I love a great image/print. It is the most deeply satisfying endeavor I have ever participated in.

[Vaughn]

Because I love the light, I greatly enjoy wandering in the landscape, and I use this exercise as a way to better learn how to see and to intensify the way I see. My prints are a way of sharing what I have learned, and to support the exercise.

Vaughn

[Nathan67]

Because it's my job, and it pays the bills...
But thats all digital these days, so film and especially large format, is a kind of therapy for me...
Photography is a passion, an addiction, a compulsion... always has been and I hope, always will be...

[eric black]

For me it is an attraction to the scene and more specifically, the way the colors interact in the scene, I then try to put my own stamp on it by trying to capture the aspects that I deem interesting on film. In the end sometimes I succeed and its a keeper, sometimes I fail and it goes in the round file at the end of my desk. Sometimes I get surprised and get a result that I neither saw nor anticipated- these have been some of my best sellers.

[shadow images]

Pure addiction, I need a 12 step program.

[Walter Calahan]

'Cause I'm incompetent doing anything else.

And for the money. Grin.

[Daniel_Buck]

for me, it's relaxing and fun! And the photos I get are enjoyable to look at later as well!

[MenacingTourist]

I started photography about 5 years ago as a way to sharpen and challenge my creative skills. My day job is Art Direction/Design so photography was the perfect outlet.

That's pretty much the only end result I'm looking for. Enjoying the journey.

Alan.

[ljb0904]

I've already spent money on cars, rock climbing, and women. Now I'm spending it on photography :-D