(About VISUAL COMMUNICATION)
This probably is one of the most important sentences ever said about photography. We get all hyped up about equipment, fascinated by photographs others have taken, confused or carried away by all the technical options during production or post production, and might forget amongst all this distraction about the core of what it all is about. What do you feel when you look at things?
Photography is such a great medium of visual expression, accessible to all of us, and especially of service to those who are visual people. How do you know whether you are a visual (seeing) type of person or more audio (hearing) orientated, or a kinesthetic (feeling/touching) type? We all have a bit of everything, but most of us have a main orientation. As photographers we probably are mainly visual types, although I once met a photographer who actual pushed the shutter button as a reaction to sounds. It is nothing wrong with that as long as it works for you and you are conscious of what you are doing and why you are doing it.
Becoming conscious of what moves us is a very important step towards successful photography. What is successful photography? If your images matter to others, and make them see, feel, realize, understand things in a different way, that is probably the ultimate success, when your photography is making a difference to the way others see the world! This difference can be very subtle and a wee moment of realization and as short as the split second, in which you took your picture, but it might create precious memories for a lifetime.
This great chance to express yourself visually with your photography, conveying what you perceive, feel and see, reaching others by doing so, is this exciting process of communicating in a visual way. What do you feel when you look at things?
We often seem to have this interesting tendency to rather look to others for inspiration instead of getting conscious and clear about our own perceptions and feelings.
There is not much to gain by imitating others, but there is everything to gain and true fulfillment waiting, if we embark on the most exciting journey to find out who we ourselves truly are and then find out how to express our feelings as strongly as possible.
What do YOU feel when you look at things, people, situations?
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