Comment by wongarsu
6 days ago
Even if we completely ignore the artistic and technical merit and complexity (which I would argue mostly moved to post-processing images) or the ability to catch or create the moments you want to capture, simply the fact that someone has to hold and point the camera makes it a job that will continue to exist. If you have a wedding and want pictures, someone has to take them. That won't be the bride or the groom, and shoving the responsibility onto one of the guests isn't nice (it would detract from their enjoyment of the event after all). So you hire someone to do it. Kind of like a job
> the ability to catch or create the moments you want to capture, simply the fact that someone has to hold and point the camera makes it a job that will continue to exist
my bad, yeah that part is needed but as an artistic expression i don't see the point.