I agree. Luck is always a part of it, but patience is the largest part. One of the biggest revelations I ever had a photographer was when I realized that the light was at least as, and often more, important than the subject itself.
A snapshooter will take a photo of something that interests them, regardless of what the light is like. Someone more advanced will wait until the light is interesting before finding a subject. A still more advanced photographer will prioritize the subject like the snapshooter, but will have the patience to wait until the light is perfect before photographing it in earnest. I'm still more of the second one, but I'm trying to move to the third level. chris On Fri, 12 Mar 2004, graywolf wrote: > Patience and luck is what is needed to get great photos. It is far more > important than what camera, lens, film, tripod, etc. you use. However, it is > what most of us, and I certainly include myself, lack. When you think of it some > of the great photographers spend days getting that one particular shot. > > -- > > Boros Attila wrote: > > > > It also needs lots of patience and good luck to get a good angle for > > shooting. I was staying on that brigde for 3 hours, and I shot 2 rolls > > of film. > > > -- > graywolf > http://graywolfphoto.com > > "You might as well accept people as they are, > you are not going to be able to change them anyway." > >
