Digital BW, The Print

> These are some of the rules we were taught at Brooks Institute of
> Photography, and I think most of them were right on the money.

After reading your post, I now have visions of fresh Brooks grads running
around with their laminated cards listing the Brooks 10 commandments,
ticking off each item on the checklist before every exposure.

> There are some photographers who would delight in breaking every one of
> these "rules".

For me and many others, photography is often a "stream of conciousness"
thing. It's more right-brain emotional than left-brain intellectual. Space
and time disappear during the creative process. I couldn't imagine trying to
work with a set of rules.