Look Beyond the Lens

 Many people think photography is easy. That anyone can press a button to take a pretty picture, upload it on photoshop, and make an even prettier picture. And they're right, you can do it. So what's so talented about it? Why are photographers so special, why are they artists? 

I used to think that every once in a while...Am I really talented? Is it really an art? I knew there had to be more to it... 

I read this from another blog and I believe it answered my questions and anyone else questions. 

Photography is much more than a pretty picture. It's true- anyone can do that. Photography, however, is the magic found in an exchange of good mornings, the soft sheets woken up to every day, an afternoon drive to soccer practice, a child's playdate, carefully drawn sidewalk chalk murals on the driveway, the touch of a loved one, an overpacked minivan headed to the beach, the irony of an out of place conversation ...

A true photographer is different because

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 a true photographer sees.

  

That what makes up a photographer. Not just knowing it's camera inside-out and knowing what settings for what, but a photographer can see why he/she is putting on these settings. Sees the image no one else sees. Sees the end result before the image is even taken. And sees the purpose of the image. 

A photographer, ...a true photographer, sees.