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Tuesday
Nov192013

civilized ku # 2626 ~ look, see, and react - throw caution to the wind

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Transformer ~ Lake Placid, NY - in the Adirondack Park • click to embiggen
Jason Landry, when asked: If you were advising a young photographer today, what would your words of wisdom be? His answer, in an interview on LENSCRATCH, was:

Stop worrying about the nature, design or qualifications of your equipment. Master your equipment so you know how to get the shot you want, but above all, search for the reason to be taking pictures. Why are you taking pictures? Why do we shoot pictures? ... You must master your craft and then put it aside and concentrate on the more difficult aspect of the work. What is it that you want to do with that craft? What do you want to express? What do you want to explore? What do you want to find out? What do you want to present to people? Those are the issues that you have to search for.

IMO, when searching for those issues, one must throw cautions / fears to the winds and start making pictures of what is in front of you - just look, see, and react. Do so with an open mind - dismissing all thoughts of what is or is not a "proper" subject for picture making - and the answers to all of Landry's questions surely will follow.

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Why are you taking pictures? ... What is it that you want to do with that craft? What do you want to express? What do you want to explore? What do you want to find out? What do you want to present to people? Those are the issues that you have to search for.

I really have no idea "why" other than I am compelled to make photos. For me that is enough.

And by the way, that is a nice looking transformer.

November 25, 2013 | Unregistered CommenterJohn Linn

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