1) find something interesting to photograph
2) compose and frame it in a way that shows how interesting it is.
3) take picture
4) repeat until famous
When you think about it, that's really all there is to good photography - though of course it could take a life time to recognize what's interesting and photographs well and the art of composing is 'non trivial'.
Uhmmm... maybe you also need:
ReplyDelete3b) make somebody notice you have a great picture
This of course is not about good photography, yet it is needed to break the infinite loop you set up in 4)
I wonder about the "famous" part (if we are to interpret the list truly seriously). I would substitute something that may seem infinitely less motivating, but which I would argue stands a b atter chance of making someone a better "photographer"...instead of repeating until famous, try "hang on wall, and live with it until you get bored." If, at the end of your artistic life, your wall contains even a few pictures that stood the test of "time" (and your evolving discerning eye), you've probably earned the right to call yourself a photographer. Many a great photographer has walked (and continues to walk) this earth, but the likes of which almost no one knows.
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I wonder if Jose isn't thinking of Mike Johnston of theonline photographer.
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