Zen and the Art of Photography

Observe! Imagine! Create!

If you’re going to become a good photographer, you must learn to see photo opportunities. And when you see them, you need to make the best of the “Kodak Moment”, and capture some keeper photos on your memory card. To recognize subject matter that contains the raw material to create a good or perhaps great photograph, you must be observant, or as they say, “in the moment.” Just taking a quick glance into the viewfinder and then pressing the shutter button is not being observant. So many people go through life with blinders on. They drive to and from work without observing the beauty around them and the changes in their own neighborhood or hometown, and they always take the same route whenever they go somewhere. Armed with a digital camera, your favorite lens, a creative spirit, and the ability to see photo opportunities, you can capture some wonderful photographs of the town in which you live or any place you visit.
“You don’t have to sort of enhance reality. There is nothing stranger than truth.” Annie Leibovitz