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Posted By: davidcycleback

If it's a professional looking shot of the Inidans Team or of Nap Lajoie in uniform,
it probably wasn't made by an ametuer at home. Formal/professional-looking shots
of MLB players & teams were usually shot by pro photographers hired by the team or
a big company.

If a rppc shows a uniformed teenager in the back yard with the dog, it would be more
likely shot by an ametuer and sent into Kodak or wherever for development.

Also, professionals were better than ametuer photographers-- focus, clarity, cropping,
etc. You don't have to be an expert to pick out which 1940 nature 8x10 photo
was shot by Ansel Adams and which one by my Uncle Eddie, even when they photographed
the same mountain.



An image like this would presumably have been shot by a pro photographer. Except for
'fan camera day,' only photographers with press passes would be allowed on the
field. And, even with camera day, few fans would shoot an image so crisp
and, well, professional.