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Photographing the "Why"
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<blockquote data-quote="Jacqueline" data-source="post: 25207" data-attributes="member: 6405"><p>I don't think you're going to get to much disagreement about the idea that the why matters more than the what. The main reason people try to understand the what is to better communicate the whys. My first camera was an old rangefinder that my grandfather gave me when I was about twelve or thirteen. It was manual everything. For the first few months I walked around with a little note book to note down the film speed, the f-stop and shutter speed. I don't miss those days at all. I'm very happy to be able to think more about the why than the what. </p><p></p><p>I'm hesitant to disagree with the second part of what you said, unless Pete's bank account is very small. I'm not sure that my best photographs are about things I'm passionate about. I love cats and my photos of cats are not especially interesting. Also, within the past few months I've taken tons of pictures of birds, squirrels, chipmunks, butterflies and other garden dwellers. I haven't posted these because they're really not very good as photographs. Their appeal depends almost entirely on the subject. I also love buildings and my photos of buildings aren't especially good either. </p><p></p><p>On the other hand, I think my photographs are best when I find something visually interesting despite the subject.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jacqueline, post: 25207, member: 6405"] I don't think you're going to get to much disagreement about the idea that the why matters more than the what. The main reason people try to understand the what is to better communicate the whys. My first camera was an old rangefinder that my grandfather gave me when I was about twelve or thirteen. It was manual everything. For the first few months I walked around with a little note book to note down the film speed, the f-stop and shutter speed. I don't miss those days at all. I'm very happy to be able to think more about the why than the what. I'm hesitant to disagree with the second part of what you said, unless Pete's bank account is very small. I'm not sure that my best photographs are about things I'm passionate about. I love cats and my photos of cats are not especially interesting. Also, within the past few months I've taken tons of pictures of birds, squirrels, chipmunks, butterflies and other garden dwellers. I haven't posted these because they're really not very good as photographs. Their appeal depends almost entirely on the subject. I also love buildings and my photos of buildings aren't especially good either. On the other hand, I think my photographs are best when I find something visually interesting despite the subject. [/QUOTE]
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