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Apr 13, 2017 at 12:44 history edited CommunityBot
replaced http://photo.stackexchange.com/ with https://photo.stackexchange.com/
Jun 11, 2011 at 13:41 vote accept mattdm
Jun 11, 2011 at 13:41 vote accept mattdm
Jun 11, 2011 at 13:41
Apr 29, 2011 at 7:56 answer added labnut timeline score: 1
Apr 28, 2011 at 18:51 comment added Jari Keinänen @Stan that's about how I distinct the terms too: enthusiast has a crush on photography, but amateur is married to it. Both love each other, but amateur's love is more mature. Professionals do it also for money, but I wouldn't go too metaphorical with that idea. I think the suggestion in the end of @jrista's answer is a win-win option.
Apr 28, 2011 at 0:26 comment added user2719 Ah, the vagaries of language -- amateur was, once upon a time, a much stronger term than enthusiast. An enthusiast merely likes what he (or she) is doing; an amateur loves it.
Apr 27, 2011 at 19:28 answer added Roland timeline score: 4
Apr 27, 2011 at 2:32 answer added jristaMod timeline score: 8
Apr 26, 2011 at 22:50 comment added labnut After some more consideration I think we should revert to the Enthusiast title. As you say, amateur is slightly derogatory. By setting a slightly more elitist tone we make the site seem more desirable. And in any case almost every non-professional photographer thinks he is an enthusiast even if others regard him as an amateur.
Apr 26, 2011 at 21:54 comment added mattdm Note that in one of its senses, amateur is a synonym for enthusiast. But it also has negative connotations, and the perhaps-neutral connotation of 'inexpert" — which is the one I'm concerned about.
Apr 26, 2011 at 21:51 comment added labnut Hmmm, I think it has been changed (but I am not sure). By whom? Should it have been discussed in meta first? We have been getting a lot of questions from the Amateur as opposed to Enthusiast photographers so I suppose the change reflects current reality.
Apr 26, 2011 at 21:16 history asked mattdm CC BY-SA 3.0