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Wednesday, September 25, 2019

September 25, 2019



What proof do we have that you were there, if you didn't dig deeper into the landscape of the scene in front of you? Why did you listen to your nervous energy demanding you take a quick snap shot and move on, nothing for you to see hear, if this was the case then we are relying on a statement from you about the picture, that you didn't feel the need to take your time and explore the scene with intuitive insights revealing details that could have begun your journey of composition, that would have lead you to a creation that reflected your character and nature's revealing relationship with you. A connection that goes deeper under the surface and gets you inside your ideas and purpose opening up to what mother nature is presenting to you, whether people or landscapes, we need to become connected with the wholeness of life in all its infinite components.

But in reality we have no proof you took the image. Where are you represented in the image created. What details will explain your vision that was missed because time once again hinders the purpose of composing your photographic vision.

We listen to you because you used words that depicted the scene and suggested your presence behind the camera but we still have no means of truly saying you took that picture. Your true picture was missed by your ignoring the relationship you needed to build with the scene in order to get closer to the truth of the physical space you should have been immersed in, another words a true connection with a subject that was demanding your attention if only you were open to the beauty being presented.

Without a description of your process to uncover your personal expression in the turmoil of so many details that burdened your visual senses, that seemed to spur you to hurry up and just snap a pic and then move on, isn't this the definition of a surface life ignoring the depth of existence surrounding all of us at ever level of our interaction with the external world. We can skim along the surface reflections of our visual senses disregarding waves of details and ignoring our truth, our purpose visual purpose, so why even have a camera in the first place, if we are not going to connect on a deeper level with the scene and create a personal intimate image of our inner beauty externalized why just go through the motions.

Without depth of feeling, a lucky punch so to speak, is all you get credit for if as you passed a scene of interest you just happened to snap a pic without thinking but did capture a moment of intimacy that was begging you to stop and really look deeper into the details being presented. 

Without a description of your vision's process or an understanding of why you grabbed that image, maybe your intuition recognized a link between you and the subject, a dance of a visual stimulus, a setting for a compassionate relationship between nature and you, being presented with the potentiality of creating a photograph that could have a purpose, your inner voice speaking. 

A good photograph represents a deep connection with the subject and your intuitive eye must be present for the photographer to feel in the scene presented a relationship building, a connection felt, being reciprocated by nature, welcoming your visual senses to open up and explore, and partake in the universal beauty in your own mind being externalized in the scene before you with your growing ability to identify with the contours and imaginative visual elements presented that will eventually make up the foundation for an image you and your subject will make together.

We can claim to have seen the landscape on a surface level and our picture represented a general feeling of being there but it doesn't constitute a connection that needs to be made for the image to have a personal, insightful relationship with your intuitive vision and others viewing your photograph. To walk through scenes without stopping and looking at the connections, details demanding to be part of the image's potential success you begin to lose your visual confidence and become careless and disappointed in your inability to go deeper  under the surface of subjects being presented. 

An image made without a true connection with the scene presented is not a necessary confirmation that you were the photographer present but a mind absent when the image was taken. Your physical presence was there, your outer facade was posing but you were not present in any deeper mode of understanding or compassion for the subject being presented. Both of you, the scene before you and your shallow presence in taking a quick shot separated you from a deeper exploration of a potential creation that could have allowed you to find the necessary details of your subject that would have been the foundation of creating your personal image, an image with your unique vision present, rather than just snapping ordinary details of a subject without a thought process of understanding a deeper composition that was being offered.

You were not present in the environment of composition and settled for a fast shutter, a click and a souvenir and you moved on. You were a tourist not seeking a relationship with the scene but only a physical representation of where you were that would unable you to brag about the beauty surrounding your snap shot and the beauty that was present just outside your visual frame that was waiting for your individual attention. Hoping that you would look more intensely on what was being presented to you but you ignored it.

Just being physically there and not interacting on a deeper level  with the scene before you stifles your ability to create a connection that could have lead to a powerful image via your inner vision that was patiently trying to interact with you suggesting views that could have been meaningful, nudging you to see beyond the shallow surface reflections in the scene and look for a deeper image to be revealed, your individual expression. 

Deep immersement into the landscape of photography is needed in order to create photographs that will express your individuality.











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