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This! I used to run a photography critique group and had to constantly harp on this. Photography is really the art of exclusion -- not only what you exclude fro
by piffey 6y ago
This! I used to run a photography critique group and had to constantly harp on this. Photography is really the art of exclusion -- not only what you exclude from the frame but also what you cut from your final selection of images. Robert Frank took tens of thousands of frames for the 60 or so photographs in The Americans. The eye is certainly a large part of it, perhaps he saw more and therefore just took more photographs, but in the end his ability to cut down to a sequence of powerful photographs is what mattered and makes him a master.
- 2bitencryption 6y agoAs an amateur street photographer, this feels good to hear. For a long time I couldn't comprehend how some of the masters took their most famous shots, how they anticipated the so-called decisive moment, framed everything perfectly in a nanosecond, and then got the perfect exposure. In addition, it felt like all my best shots were 100% luck, only discovered after reviewing them the next day. It seems like luck (or, maybe, "getting skilled at being lucky") is fundamental to the art. that's not to say the greats relied only on luck. even my luckiest, one-in-a-million, greatest shot is nothing compared to what Frank left on the cutting room floor of The Americans.
- scns 6y agoI see a parallel to DJing here.