May 4, 2021

We see an image as a reflection of something we should have taken. A truth we know was real. Even though we were never present we feel like we could have been there because of the beauty of the landscape and the photographer’s intense perspective.

We seek ourselves reflected in another’s image creation. We long for our truth to be present, something authentic. We seek our inner world to be objectified and we demand our place in the universe, a known position to be acclaimed for our photographic beauty.  

Each second of our days become a photograph that gives us hope in the beauty of this world.

Even when the subject is someone else or a different landscape we want it to be ours. This is the power of great imagery, a personal expression looking for revelations of our inner self placed in a beautiful photograph that we can contemplate and feel connected with.

We need to seek to an image that has meaning and purpose, insight into our own personality, not our outer facade but our inner imaginative self.

Whether it is a street scene or a scenic landscape we must identify with our emotional desires and connect on a deeper level with one creation over another that doesn’t represent your lack of focus and timing.

Being human we have our outer counterparts, individuals that have a similar attraction for certain subjects that we also like. We seek those on social media to inspire us to be involved in this world and not a couch potato without any semblance of goals and creative representations, if we don’t seek beauty in ourselves we can never create a beautiful image that represents us in this physical space.

This masquerade of a reality stable and structured, insistent to become one master, the architect of our shaped reality in their own image of greed.

But this reality was created not by a god but evolution of man and woman. Human nature always seeking a fixed motive for living. We still hunt but what we hunt now is profit.

The power over our visual senses is a conditioned life of repeating words infiltrating and corralling your ability to see for yourself your inner intuition represented in your unique vision.

Let your imagination begin your journey to a life of making photographs in your own style.

In order to free oneself from the exploitation by the wealthy that make one believe the purpose of this life is buying things which hinders your ability to see beyond the physical nature of our created reality for profit only, leading you to ignore your own artistic talents, the abandoning of your inner reality waiting to be projected outward to shape your external world to be a place to explore and make images that reflect your inner truth.

Photography is personal, it isn’t about making an iconic image each time you trip the shutter. Image creation is the desire of expressing your inner being with external details that that give the viewer a glimpse of your talent.

The pleasure of photography, its addiction, is making an image that is unique. The image expresses something inside you, you found irresistible to ignore.

That is the key to making successful imagery. You must be connected to your subject in a personal way if you hope to have viewers see your point of view.

You should never expect an audience to see your work as perfect because no matter how great your image is there is always going to criticism of your work.

Discipline in your work is your road to success. You can’t expect to create great images by the run and gun approach by shooting anything and everything. Stop, relax take in the scene before you and just ponder the possibilities.

Being present, aware of your surroundings in a scene give you patience, pre-visualizing your subject will begin the journey to finding your inner expression.

What hinders a photographer in their journey to expressing themselves through a photograph is
there inability to just stop, look, study and explore.

Thinking to much leads to a snapshot not a photograph. There is always surrounding you an infinity of possible photos to be made, all demanding your attention but where to start?

What do you need not want to photograph? We all have likes and dislikes and they can overwhelm your ability to find your personal reason for choosing this particular scene to create your inner vision.

Good photography is seeing the external reality for the first time and then your eyes widen and you see the inspiration that made you stop and explore this landscape and your composition unfolds and the essence of your photographic vision is revealed.