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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 380850" data-attributes="member: 13090">If we strip away purely artistic expression I think the difference between the photo *you*, or a thousand other people, take of something and the nearly identical photo *I* take of something boils down to context. A photo becomes meaningful for us not from an aesthetic standpoint but a personal one. It's a connection. And regardless of how many other vacation photos there are of places I've been, the connection my vacation photos have for me is what infuses them with vitality.As for cliché photos, of which there were many in that video (the swirl of whipped cream on a $9 cup of coffee, the forced perspective shots, et al), we have to remember that probably *99% of the population takes photos for one simple reason: it's fun. Period. 99% of the population are not photographers. They don't care about mirrorless vs DSLR or RAW vs JPG. They don't agonize over white balance. They don't own Photoshop and never will. They're NOT photographers, don't want to be and never will be. They take photos because it's FUN. That is the sum total of the experience for them. And those cliché photos are fun. On top of that, when you combine something like a forced perspective shot ("Look at me holding the moon!" Or "supporting the Leaning Tower of Pisa!") and combine it with the face of loved one, or your "bestie", it's uniqueness and value comes from the connection it creates. The fact there is a line of tourists right behind you about to duplicate your shot has nothing to do with anything, really, and diminishes your copy, or my copy not one iota. The power of photography is it's ability to connect and communicate./statistic courtesy of "My Ass".....</blockquote>

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