| Photography is essentially about how we as individuals | | | | one's soul and how you view the world. |
| see things, and then being able to capture that moment | | | | The ability to better see can be developed by |
| in time when we saw something, via the use of a | | | | practicing it. Don't just look, but study your surroundings, |
| camera. Sure the technical know how of how to | | | | really observe what is before you, and look into it in |
| operate the camera is important, but the most | | | | detail. Take time to look up into the trees, and to look |
| important thing in image capture is seeing the image in | | | | down at the ground. Turn around from where you |
| the first place. There is a strong analogy in this regard | | | | have come from. Things usually look very different |
| with artists, who also need to "see" their subject | | | | from the opposite vantage point. Life is a journey, not |
| matter before they can copy it onto canvas. | | | | just getting older. Take time to really see the beauty |
| Photography, and in particular landscape photography | | | | along the way, and if you can, capture those magic |
| is so dependent upon the photographer's ability to see | | | | moments with your camera to share with others. |
| and visualize the final result before he or she presses | | | | To photographically capture what you see is not |
| the shutter release button. This "seeing" is what really | | | | always easy, but the key is to keep in your mind the |
| separates a point and shoot photographer from the | | | | final image you want to capture, either on screen or in |
| serious amateur or professional. Once all the technical | | | | print. This can often mean visualizing the cropped |
| aspects are taken out of the equation, the only real | | | | scene after it has been captured by the camera, |
| difference between individual photographers is how | | | | because the camera's format doesn't really do justice |
| well they see their subject matter. | | | | to the scene. You need to master and overcome any |
| Seeing is the ability to look well beyond the clutter, and | | | | technical difficulties that get in the way of a great |
| be able to see the important from the unimportant. It is | | | | image. |
| being able to look into a scene and crop out all the | | | | Landscape photography without good composition will |
| irrelevant areas both mentally and then with your | | | | never leave a lasting impression on people, and will |
| camera. For what you leave out of an image is just as | | | | usually imply the image was captured without too |
| important as what you include. Without this ability to | | | | much effort or attention to detail. Composition is as |
| see, no photographer or artist will be able to | | | | much about what we leave out of an image, just as |
| consistently observe and capture really interesting and | | | | much as it is in what we include. |
| captivating images. It really is what photography is all | | | | To quote the Dali Lama, "many people look, but very |
| about. It is displaying to others how one sees the | | | | few see", and it so true. |
| impact and beauty in things. In a way it is displaying | | | | |