I admit – I find quality incredibly difficult to write about. Why? Because quality is a very subjective thing. What I personally consider to be a high quality photograph, you may think is lousy. To a very high degree, quality is about personal taste and preferences. Not that alone, but largely so. I have already discussed the technical part of photography, and how/why we can ascern quality from that. But photography is so much more than technique. Let me put it this way; What I personally consider a high quality photograph is when the photographer has a trained eye that understands what works and what does not work within the…
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Quality in photography How is it that quality is such a difficult term to use, in relation to photography? What is quality in photography, specifically? And what is the difference between quality and personal preference? There are a number of characteristics in photography that at least I personally, find important to what I consider quality in any given photograph. Because there are so many, and each deserves more attention than a few lines, I will write one blog post about each. Today, I intend to discuss technique as the first characteristic within this very difficult term; quality. Technique Without technique, there will be no photograph. The camera is the photographer’s…
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[Eye C] my universe This is a step in the right direction. My own, personal universe is enormous, yet it points in one general direction; the art of c-ing. If you haven’t figured it out yet, the name I use for this – Eye C, refers to the act of seeing, it plays with the pronounciation of Eye vs I, and also points to more abstract ways of c-ing, as through thought and mindset, philosophy, spiritual paths – in short; perception. Photography specifically, is the art of capturing a small part of reality, to be presented in the most nature-like way of all art forms (ok, I do admit, certain…