It’s All In Your Eye
I was at a Canon /Adobe / Apple trade show this week and it was funny to watch everyone flock and drool over the latest and greatest. Yes and I was sucked in a bit as well as I was looking for some new cameras with live preview to use for our school /team photography business. I ended up with a couple of Canon 40D’s, but that is for another post.
As I listened to the photographers talk about what they could do with this or that piece of equipment, I remembered something that is mostly forgotten these days; You need to have an ‘eye’ to make great photos.
With digital cameras that will do almost everything for you, no longer do you need the years of training to be able to expose correctly, although it does help. No longer are years of trial and error needed in the darkroom, just buy the Photoshop plugin.
So what is it that determines a good or mediocre photographer? It’s all in the ‘eye’. It’s what a photographer sees, the composition, the tones and how they speak to you. The photographer sees this and can use it to create a photograph that moves the viewer.
You will notice I use the words ‘make’ and ‘create’ often when writting about photographs. That is what sets a photographer apart from someone who takes snapshots. We take what is there, and work with it to create a pleasing image.
You can practice and train, read books and take courses to improve your craft, but you still need to have the ‘eye’. Some people have a great eye, others have to really work on it, but you CAN see the difference.
Happy Shooting!
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