Photography is art.
But unlike so many other forms of art, there are rules, procedures, and other variables that often constitute what makes a “good” picture. Pablo Picasso could draw a few squiggly lines on a piece of notebook paper, hung in a gallery and people would debate for days what the painting means to them.
Meanwhile a crappy photograph is just that: a crappy photograph. Granted, I doubt we’ll be seeing any paint by numbers hung at the Whitney Museum of Art for example, but despite photography being an art, it does comes with some caveats with regard to how “good” it is that is not found in other areas of creative arts. [Read more…] about Photography Advice You Can Do Without