On the way of photographing people, I always want to be honest with people.

During this time I was thinking, what is the difference between me and other photographers? This question became an opportunity for me to rearrange myself.

When photographing people, I always resist calling myself/being called a "photographer".

"Photographer" represents a professional, usually distinguishing amateur or professional as technology and knowledge (personality usually doesn't matter haha). In all fairness, I do not have a lot of skills or knowledge, I have the ability to operate the camera, the basic knowledge of lighting design, I have a little understanding of image editing skills but I am too lazy to edit images, but I don’t know much about other equipment or tools, and it is not a continuous improvement or improvement. A person who is looking for a breakthrough in photography; if the photos taken are considered works, then I feel that the works I shoot are really mediocre, not amazing or profound works.

I am not a photographer, I prefer the word "photographer". "Those" is a function word, which can refer to "people" - "photographers" are "photographers".

Before the different identities, I was a person first, and then those identities.

I enjoy being able to use "myself" as an entry point to reach other people on social platforms (IG @ms_fe___ ). On the layout of IG, almost all the posts are "people I took pictures", and all the selected updates are "with the photos I was taken" as the background, and then matched with my long-winded views.

I've always thought that I can't use other people's pictures as a way to describe what I'm thinking, because "it's only me who can represent me".

I once received a private message from someone: "I appreciate you being yourself." The feeling at the moment is that I have always been myself, not "being" myself. I just love revealing all of who I am, and I'm thankful that the Internet provides a space for my thoughts and the parts of me that others can know and want to be known by others. If you are curious about me, I welcome you to climb the article, at least you can know my perspective better.

I believe that the people who come into contact with me may be due to my identity - a "photographer" or a "personal model", but I hope that the people who see me see not just a "photographer" or a "photographer" Model", but me - Ah Fe.

When I wrote this part, I was suddenly curious, did the people who asked me to photograph them regarded me as a "photographer" or "A Fe"?

After all, it may just feel good about myself, but other people don't care about me so much. XDDD
Thank you for reading this. I originally wanted to write about my views on photographing others, and I'll leave it to the next article to sort it out.