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Just a few short comments - I've found
that even though I can take photographs "on demand" now (making a photograph of
a subject on request of another) because I know some of the rules, I find
many of my favorite and most successful photographs are ones I took before
I knew any rules.
I still rely on my intuition and instinct when
photographing more than rules, perhaps because over the years the rules are
ingrained in me and I don't have to think about them so much. But, if I
had to choose between using the rules or using my instinct and
intuition, and was limited to using one source of information
(rules or intuition/instinct), I'd choose my instincts and
intuition.
I sometimes hate to see a student who has a natural
feel for photography, or any art for that matter, being made to follow the
rules. They can be confining, and to a degree crippling.
Marilyn
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"The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera." Dorthea Lange |
