Notes and Thoughts of A Photography White Belt
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A good photograph conveys an idea or a feeling, much like a painting or a poem. The measure of its success is the intensity with which this is evoked in the viewer.
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Press the button only when the mind is empty of all thought but that of the image framed in the viewfinder.
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Cooperate with the dance of chance.
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Trying to make a photograph using a sequence of random shots is akin to fishing for a whale with a teaspoon.
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Every take is the final slash of a sword. Before it nothing. After it nothing.
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While Art can’t be taught, craft can be learnt. Study the masters. Learn the craft.
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The lens is a conduit between the inside and the outside, the point of osmosis.
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The essential is always hidden behind the obvious. Search for this.
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The better oppositions – light and shadow, solid and fluid, iris and the cornea, masculine and feminine - are clarified, sharper the image.
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Beyond duality lies the field. Go to the field. Take others with you.
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The final frontier is the human, for he contains universes within.
My Daily Notes
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