But if you're talking about fine art work, then I think you have to ask yourself some pretty deep questions about why it is you want to take pictures and what it is you want to say.
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Those who want to be serious photographers, you're really going to have to edit your work. You're going to have to understand what you're doing. You're going to have to not just shoot, shoot, shoot. To stop and look at your work is the most important thing you can do.
I've always thought photography is not so much of an art form but a way of communicating and passing on information.
Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.
I still take photographs for my own use, personal studies. I do not feel that I can fully express my views through the medium and this is why I have moved towards painting.
It's really, really hard to make it as a fine-art photographer exclusively.
I think there are a lot of pictures to make. I sometimes question whether I'm even an artist or just a painter. To me, the making of the pictures is the most important thing.
I understood the craft of photography when done by an artist is art.
I think photography is closest to writing, not painting. It's closest to writing because you are using this machine to convey an idea. The image shouldn't need a caption; it should already convey an idea.
I design my shots. I walk the rehearsal as the camera and say 'this is where I want to be... I want this look.
Photography is pretty simple stuff. You just react to what you see, and take many, many pictures.