Christian satire news site Babylon Bee recently posted an article mocking consumers who purchase expensive cameras. In the article titled Canon Now Including ‘Professional Photographer’ Certificate With All Cameras Costing At Least $599, Babylon Bee notes:
“If you spend at least $599 on a camera, you’re instantly transformed into a professional photographer, and now you have the documentation to prove it,” a Canon spokesperson said. “In a lot of professions, you have to take classes or practice for years before you truly become a professional, but not in photography. Just buy one of our budget to mid-range cameras, and you’re in.”
The Bee goes on to point out that the Professional Photographer certificate now entitles you to do things like, “Using the ‘sepia tone’ filter in Photoshop or Lightroom, Doing $50 shoots for friends and family[, and] Taking photos with prop ideas you found on Pinterest.”
While some of these digs may hit a little close to home in the enthusiast photography community, I found the article worth a laugh or two. Check out the complete article here on Babylon Bee.
Have you, uh, read any of the other articles on this site? There’s some fairly horrifying stuff there. Does Photography Bay truly want to be associated with that?
It’s a satire site. I thought I made that clear. Nothing on the site should be taken seriously.
Although, I understand the article is satire, Babylon Bee is posting an insult (joke) to photographers who have taken the time to learn their craft with schooling and education, developing their craft over the years. I also doubt Canon would want to be associated by having their name on such a mockery of a statement. This satire of a statement is almost humorless. To me anyway, and lots of working professionals. However, there are certainly some people out there, who think buying a DSLR or mid level mirrorless makes them professional but are they really? Better cameras do help with image quality, but composition, editing and learning lighting techniques can take more time and effort than simply point and shoot.