Reply To: Photography

All of these sunset, nature, etc. photos, can be downloaded as stock photos. What is the benefit of taking them yourself?

Why paint a painting when you can just go to an art store and buy one?

Why write a story when you can just go to the library and get one for free?

Why compose a song when you can go buy a CD?

The answer to all of the above (and to your question) is that some people like to be creative. Not everything in the world is utilitarian. Some things are done just for the sake of doing them and the process of being creative.

I don’t shoot a picture of a sunset so that I can have a picture of a sunset. I shoot it because I want to do so and get the nicest shot that I can.

Does the world need another picture of a sunset, or the Empire State Building or a dog or a bee or a kid smiling at play? No, but I like to create them anyway.

The Wolf