| graphy is essentially about how we as individuals see | | | | one’s soul and how you view the world. |
| things, and then being able to capture that moment in | | | | The ability to better see can be developed by |
| time when we saw something, via the use of a | | | | practicing it. Don’t just look, but study your |
| camera. Sure the technical know how of how to | | | | surroundings, really observe what is before you, and |
| operate the camera is important, but the most | | | | look into it in detail. Take time to look up into the trees, |
| important thing in image capture is seeing the image in | | | | and to look down at the ground. Turn around from |
| the first place. There is a strong analogy in this regard | | | | where you have come from. Things usually look very |
| with artists, who also need to “see” their | | | | different from the opposite vantage point. Life is a |
| subject matter before they can copy it onto canvas. | | | | journey, not just getting older. Take time to really see |
| Photography, and in particular landscape photography | | | | the beauty along the way, and if you can, capture |
| is so dependent upon the photographer’s ability | | | | those magic moments with your camera to share with |
| to see and visualize the final result before he or she | | | | others. |
| presses the shutter release button. This | | | | To photographically capture what you see is not |
| “seeing” is what really separates a point | | | | always easy, but the key is to keep in your mind the |
| and shoot photographer from the serious amateur or | | | | final image you want to capture, either on screen or in |
| professional. Once all the technical aspects are taken | | | | print. This can often mean visualizing the cropped |
| out of the equation, the only real difference between | | | | scene after it has been captured by the camera, |
| individual photographers is how well they see their | | | | because the camera’s format doesn’t |
| subject matter. | | | | really do justice to the scene. You need to master and |
| Seeing is the ability to look well beyond the clutter, and | | | | overcome any technical difficulties that get in the way |
| be able to see the important from the unimportant. It is | | | | of a great 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 |
| about. It is displaying to others how one sees the | | | | very few see”, and it so true. |
| impact and beauty in things. In a way it is displaying | | | | |