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Re: Seeing, Instinct, and Interpretation

2006-05-27 by Johnny Eades

-Hello Keith,

I too feel like the internal feelings and life experiences influence
our perspective on our photographic journeys. I'm posting a  website
by Alan Briot who says it much beter than I.
http://www.beautiful-landscape.com/Articles%20&%20Publishing.html


Your friend in Photography,

Johnny Eades
-- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Keith Zimmerman"
<keithz@...> wrote:
>
> Greetings All,
> 
> I don't post a lot, but I read everything I can and have several
> threads that have touched on something I am very passionate about,
> creativity.
> 
> Learning to see rather than to look, is the key to being able to
> interpret the world.  Once a person learns to see, AND has mastered
> the tools of his/her art, everything becomes second-nature and
> instinctual.
> 
> Instinct is something everyone has.  It's just a matter of listening
> to your mind's voice and doing whatever it takes to interpret what you
> see.  Your result will be unique as no one else has ever, or will ever
> see as you do.
> 
> It is truly wonderful to be able to see something and present it in a
> manner that tells everyone that the resulting piece (in our case, a
> photograph), is your interpretation of what you saw.  This is a
> lifetime endeavor and as such, we always seek to achieve this.
> 
> Sorry for being so philosophical about this, but this came to me and I
> felt I needed to share it.  I hope I have not wasted your time.
> 
> Keith
>

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