Photovisualize

There is room in photography for differing points of view. These reflect my photographic point of view. It is nothing new, it’s as old as photography itself. However, it not a point of view that you will generally discover in a camera club, on an Internet forum or in most how-to books. Am I an outstanding photographer? Absolutely not. It is not a matter of being outstanding or mediocre; it’s a matter of bringing something of value to my life regardless of my photographic abilities.

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Basic Photographic Philosophies

The photograph is not the subject. It is an entirely separate entity from the object photographed and should be seen as such.

Every photograph makes a statement about both the object photographed and the photographer.

Technique is simply the sentence structure of the visual language of photography.

There is no such thing as good photographic technique or bad photographic technique. There is only technique that is applied appropriately or inappropriately.

Painting and photography are equal but mathematical opposites. The painter adds, the photographer subtracts.