What Makes A Photographer?
According to this quote by Claude Adams, luckily it’s not our camera. “Having a camera makes you no more a photographer than having a hammer and some nails makes you a carpenter.” – Claude Adams
What Should We Pay to Improve Our Photography?
Many of us, when looking to improve our photography, spend money on equipment. We think that the better/newer the equipment the better our photography. We pay plenty of money because we believe that the equipment will enable us to create better photographs. Most of the time our photography remains the same…just the equipment, and our bank accounts, have changed.
What do we need to create a photograph? We need a camera, a lens and light sensitive material to record light. If you are using a pinhole camera you can dispense with the lens.
What do we need to create a GOOD photograph? An understanding of the craft of photography can help. The more we understand about the craft of photography the more depth we can bring to our pictures. If we can’t teach ourselves about the craft, a class/workshop with a good teacher will help us enormously and is well worth the cost. But there’s something else that won’t cost us anything. READ MORE…
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