Bigtimers/Bigtime photographers; a very valid rant from another photographer

A great RANT from another photographer


I recently ran across a rant from another photographer. What’s he ranting about? Pretenders, huge ego assholes, who are absolutely obsessed with throwing the term “pro” around, but really just selling workshops or having a day job on the backend, which pays the bills. 

Take a look, read carefully. An amazing amount of good stuff both in the post, and the comments sections. It’s rare to find this sort of honesty in the LIE & ego-filled world of photography:

Bigtime Photographers

While he, (understandably), didn’t want to name names, I will. Here are some. You’ll recognize these assholes by their trumpet-blowing & lying on various online venues:

Marc Adamus
Mark Metternich
Kevin Mcneal
David Cobb
Adrian Klein
Ryan Dyar
Steve Sieren
Floris van Breugel
Jim Patterson


There are so many more, but these are some of the top bigtimers out there. They all make most of their “photography” money by selling bullshit workshops that don’t teach anything and are mostly designed to fill their own pockets. Worse, many of the images you see in their galleries are taken while teaching workshops (instead of concentrating on teaching their clients). None of them buy the necessary commercial use permits to teach workshops in parks. None of them buy insurance for workshop attendees. None of them operate anything remotely resembling a legitimate business. They are SCAMMERS and self-appointed Bigtimers who are tearing photography apart for their selfish vanity.