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I do wear glasses partly, being shortsighted, but the more I wear them, the worse my eyes get when I take them off so I only tend to wear them now when absolutely necessary
Mainly though, I'm colourblind. I have a red/green deficiency.
This has never affected me professionally or personally though. I've been a professional driver since 1998-2004 and never had any problems (no legal requirement for colour vision ) and when I applied to the police specials in 2000/1 I *just* got in and got past their colour vision test.
However, I think it does affect my photography, but I'm determined I'm not going to let it hold me back.
Colour vision deficiency, usually, is simply the inability to distinguish close colours within a close proximity.
If you show me a big red bull, I'll shout "Big Red Bull", similarly with a green one.
Yet if you show me one with a pinky tinge, and another one leaning towards a green tinge, then I might not be sure which one is which, from a distance.
Anyone else in the same boat? Has it affected your photography at all? Anyone else with a visual defect they care to share? The eyes being the photographers main tool.
Mainly though, I'm colourblind. I have a red/green deficiency.
This has never affected me professionally or personally though. I've been a professional driver since 1998-2004 and never had any problems (no legal requirement for colour vision ) and when I applied to the police specials in 2000/1 I *just* got in and got past their colour vision test.
However, I think it does affect my photography, but I'm determined I'm not going to let it hold me back.
Colour vision deficiency, usually, is simply the inability to distinguish close colours within a close proximity.
If you show me a big red bull, I'll shout "Big Red Bull", similarly with a green one.
Yet if you show me one with a pinky tinge, and another one leaning towards a green tinge, then I might not be sure which one is which, from a distance.
Anyone else in the same boat? Has it affected your photography at all? Anyone else with a visual defect they care to share? The eyes being the photographers main tool.