What is the most important step in the photographic process? Is it sitting at the computer, post-processing your images into perfection? Or is it the act of taking the shot itself? This thought-provoking video investigates that question and posits that when it comes down to it, the act of taking the image is actually the least important of all.
Coming to you from aows, this interesting video takes a look at the process of creating and taking a photo, arguing that the actual act of taking the picture is the least important. I think it is an interesting mindset, as what is really being advocated for here is artistic intention over shooting and hoping to luck into a good shot. You will hear this sort of approach championed by many photographers over and over, and I think the reason it is especially important is because it forces you to really begin making artistic decisions and shaping your process to bring them to fruition, rather than allowing your creative aesthetic to develop from whatever your camera has handed to you, and the former certainly gives you a lot more control over the development of your style than the latter. Check out the video above for more.
I find it very difficult to process an image that I haven't taken. :-) I get the idea behind the article, but least important?
Getting the job is most important, making the photo and processing it is just doing the job.
I didn’t say it did. In my case it’s the fact though. Just offering a reality check from the big nasty world of earning a crust from this camera lark. Without the rose tinted glasses 😉
Lisa Saad didn't seem to think that taking the photo was important, either!
It took me a long time wanting to go to Yosemite National Park to get the Apple Wallpaper image that I've always wanted. After a long time wanting, begging to go to Yosemite National Park. I finally went there with a new camera I bought in 2017 (because I broke the older one), got the image. Even though I was not used to the camera, and my settings weren't that great, because of my skills at the time; it didn't look perfect because it was taken during High noon. But it still is one of my favorite photos I've taken up till now, because of the length it took to get the shot I wanted for so long, and I would love to go there again