"[Your name here], why aren't you out shooting?"
I've noticed the question popping up, more often these days, usually in threads addressing LF aesthetics, speculation, or math. The ulterior question being: "You say you're a photographer, but here you are, head in clouds, facing a computer screen, not the GG." If true, the trend may very well indicate changing demographics here over the years, or maybe changing attitudes. In any case:
1) If you're an actual LF photographer – field or studio – what's your reaction when you come across this question, whether addressed to you or to others?
2) And if you're an armchair photographer (in the best sense of the word), what's yours?
3) Can you explain why the question is sometimes justified – or why it never is?
To address question #1, I've come to believe that it's almost always a self-convicting & self-embittered question, best met with a smiling silence. For example: "Heroique, why aren't you out shooting?" [The rest is silence.] ;^) To be sure, I don't think I've ever seen the question be productive, except in those occasional cases when it's offered in humorous fashion.
But I'm curious about your view – and don't worry, if I have a temporary pass for not being in field or studio right now, so do you!
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