Cliches are correct views for the narrow minded. Photography is a monologue between you and nature. If everything can become a good image then why focus on your relationship with the outside world at all. Just click and move on. Every once in awhile you might get lucky and get a picture that has some meaning but the overall result from shooting without thought backed up by intense feelings for your intended subject is drudgery and a simplistic view of your discord with nature.
Without relationships we falter and lose balance. Get caught up in the show of self and not the revelation of self through inspiration from others and purposeful image creation.
Do you feel comfortable dealing with external stimulus in the present moment? Or before you relate to what is in front of you you choose first to reflect on the scene and then make decisions on how you want to photograph the present subject before you even bring your camera out.
Both of these means to an end can and will create good images. One method is anticipation and readiness for action from the get go. The other is a more analytical dissection of the scene and where you want to put yourself when shooting to get the maximum inner representation of your purpose.
There are times when I use both methods. When you come on a scene already in it's full glory you better be fast and nimble making instant judgments on composition, angle of light, lens selection etc...
What you don't want is to be so deposed to over analysis, looking over every lens before you shoot, determining whether this one or that one would be better. Sometimes just shooting is a way forward, getting your photographic eye immersed in the scene and then through a growing inner connection with nature you locate your intended subject.
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