P3D Re: What did I learn last night...

[George Themelis <gthemelis@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- gl <gl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The point is this - most 'instictive' artists know what do
> without having to analyse it - that is, when they're at the 
> right place at the right time, experiencing the right emotion,

> things click into place... 

Not everything is intuitive photography.  Quite a few people
work with tabletops or other items that they can arrange at
will.  And others are masking and cropping their images to
create a more pleasing image.  They don't have to follow certain
rules when they do this, but if you study their final image
(what they considered to be the most pleasing arrangement) you
will find some common underlying principles.  The purpose of
studying composition is to study these underlying principles. 
Whether you have these in your mind when you "create" an image,
that is your own business really... I am not saying that you
will be a better photographer if you follow certain rules.  But
you cannot deny that such rules exist, are pinted in textbooks
and are studied by students of photography and art.  At the end,
I agree with you, "whatever works..."

George Themelis

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