Seeing is ... photography

With most disciplines, it is easy to see the work that the practitioner put in to reach mastery.  If you go to the doctor, you know they graduated from high school, went to med school and had to pass a test to get where they are.  Even a dancer; we all understand that there is a measure of natural talent and years of hard work and practice.  Photography seems different because if you have the money, you can buy all of the equipment and then POOF!!!! you're a photographer.  But being a photographer is much more than the gear.  Without artistic vision, it is impossible to tell a story, to paint a picture, to express a thought or emotion.  You need to be able to see the world around you and translate what you see to others.  Or you need to be able to take the images in your head and bring them into the visible world.  Photography doesn't start with Canon or Nikon, Olympus or Pentax but it does start with a camera. 

The camera is you...

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