I can't disagree with either you or Mike. Caring with all your heart will make the difference between a good photo and a great one. Or between a mediocre photo and a good one.
But, all the caring in the world will not produce anything but a memory in your brain, if you don't have a camera with you to capture the moment.
That's the only point I was trying to make. No Camera, No Piccies.
I suppose that one can extrapolate a bit, and say that "caring with all your heart" will give one the drive to improve technique, learn how to utilize the equipment to the best of one's ability, and, yes, to give one the impetous to have a camera at the ready more often than not. But, at some point we get a bit remote, don't we?
The reality is, that sometimes, a bad photographer takes a great shot. It may be dumb luck, but it happens. That isn't about caring. It's about being there with a camera.
I know, however, what you and Mike mean, and again, I'm not disagreeing with the sentiment, just the order one would put it in.
cheers, frank
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From: Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: #1 Rule in Photography-was: PAW: Above the clouds Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 21:28:05 +0200
Hi!
Frank, since Mike Johnston does not seem to come here any more and because his response to similar question some time ago I liked the most, I'd think I repeat it in my words of course.
(Man, this Leo Tolstoy's style - one sentence - three lines keeps haunting me...)
Anyway, Mike's advise was to care with your heart about your photography...
Makes sense?
Boris
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