> From: Michael Kopp <mkopp@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Just this: too many people spend too much time talking about artifice in
> relation to their pictures and too little time thinking about the world,
> their reaction to it, and how they might express that reaction by the
> primary tool of the photographer, the -_selection_ of something that has
> meaning, and the fixing of that meaning into _content_ by the expression of
> an idea. The _recognition_ of something for what it is, and saying
> something about it by the creation of _content_.
Good point. Having been in an equipment and technique centred mode here, I
just listed things I think are important to becoming a really good
photographer and neglected this.
Having something to say, or something you want to show people, is most
important.
Andrew
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