groom at his wedding ceremony
Since I have been making regular blog posts I have thought many times of some truths about photography. Making posts everyday about various aspects of photography has led me to analyze my own photographs more and the reasons why I photograph. It has really been a good exercise and I always encourage my students to look back over their work with a critical eye. One of the advantages of photography is that it is fairly instant. You can take a photograph and then review it a fraction of a second later on the back of your camera. You can learn from this, make adjustments, and then create a better image. That feedback aspect is what makes learning photograph a great thing. But many people do not take to time to really look at their images, to see which ones worked and which ones did not, and then to learn from it. If you are just taking pictures and glancing at them later, you are missing the opportunity to improve your art and to learn more about yourself in the process.
This blog can be helpful in many aspects. I have had posts on composition; ‘Good Composition in Photography‘, ‘Photographic Composition with Jim Zuckerman‘, and ‘10 Easy Ways to Improve Your Photos (Part 1)‘ and ‘10 Easy Ways to Improve Your Photos (Part2).’ I have had posts on philosophy; ‘The Art of Photography -Gene McSweeney‘, ‘Photography as Therapy‘, ‘5 Reasons to Photograph‘, and others. And I have had posts on aesthetics like ‘The Photography of Edward Steichen‘, and ‘Finding Your Own Artistic Style‘. And this is only a fraction of the material I have covered here. So read on McDuff!
So I thought that it would be good to reflect upon some of the truths about photography that I have developed over years of photographing various places, people, and situations. I wanted to present them without explanation. You can decide how to ingest them.
1. There is no perfect, so keep trying.
2. You can win the battle, but never the war.
3. Learning has no end.
4. Allow the creativity to flow.
5. You need both logic and creativity to succeed.
6. Accept feedback, but don’t always follow it.
7. See with both eyes.
I will be posting more of these in the future. Just absorb these seven for now.
Gary Miller
Houston Fine Art Wedding Photographer
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