What is the difference between ordinary photography and professional photography?

Since cameras and mobile phones have been available, more and more people like photography. In daily life, no matter what people do, they like to take a photo or a video and send it to friends circle or Weibo in QQ space to bask in the sun. This kind of photography belongs to ordinary photography. So what is the difference between ordinary photography and professional photography? Let's analyze it next.

If only from the perspective of landscape photography, I think the biggest difference between ordinary photography and professional photography lies in whether you are willing to wait for a scene.

Ordinary photography and professional photography have different starting points and understandings of photography, so different types of photographers take different scenery.

General photography generally refers to tourists. Photography is not his main purpose, but a subsidiary product of tourism. And many tourists are limited by time. At a specific time, after a specific place, the shooting angle is mostly a classic position, and the classic perspective takes a standard photo of a circle of friends.

I think professional photography doesn't necessarily mean a professional photographer, but also a photographer, a group of people who regard photos as works and have their own requirements and understanding of photo quality. There is a saying in landscape photography called "get up early and get greedy for the dark", which means that the most beautiful scenery usually appears around sunrise and sunset, and at this time, the trouble of many people taking pictures can be avoided, and tourists are usually on their way to the starting point or on their way back. At this time, travelers often miss the best shooting opportunity. There is also a word in landscape photography called "looking up to the sky for dinner", which means that the weather plays an important role in landscape photography. For the same scene, different weather environments have a decisive influence on the landscape display, and some weather environments are fleeting, such as the moment when dawn breaks or the sun penetrates the dark clouds, which is the most magnificent moment. Photographers or professional photographers will go through a long waiting process for such an uncertain scene, and sometimes it may be meaningless. But in this waiting process, ordinary travelers may have passed many scenic spots.

So I think the biggest difference between ordinary photography and professional photography is whether you are willing to wait for a scene. In fact, it is not for the purpose of photography in essence. And this is also the difference between shooting just for entertainment and shooting for life.