>>4087565The gender of an activity is generally directly related to how much competition is inherent to the activity. Building functional objects is masculine, because whoever pulls off the most functional, reliable construct is the winner, even if no handwork is involved.
Photography as a hobby is not inherently competitive. It's creative.
>expired walmart fujifilm on a vintage canon AE-1 program with a hazy lens yass queen take a photo of the 8x11 print on your phone and post that on tumblr!Male photography hobbyists make it competitive by getting in an image quality contest with their peers and going full gearfag. Professional photography on the other hand is competitive and masculine, full of chads seeking out slutty women to show boob for "the art, totally", and about offering higher quality shots than the other guy because you have more and better studio equipment.