
There are no secrets! There certainly are lesser-known techniques and tricks but these are no secrets.
Photography is both an art and a science; it ain't alchemy. I've said this before, maybe in different words, but I'll say it again: There is no secret and mystical photographer's cult where a few, fortunate, members receive the well-guarded and "secret" formulas to outstanding imagery.
The art and science of photography overlaps, that is, these two elements do not work independent of each other but, instead, they (need to) compliment each other. Photography is a good example of Yin and Yang at work, where seemingly opposing or unrelated forces--art and science--come together, in harmony, to produce (hopefully) successful results.

There are no secrets. There is nothing new. Everything has been done. The thing that separates some photographers apart from others is how well they (newly) accomplish what's already been done.

What is amazing about photography and, in my opinion, what makes it a life-long, never-ending, learning process, is that there are so many ways to approach capturing an image--artistically, technically, and in almost infinite combinations of the two--that it would seem there are secrets that some shooters know about and the rest do not. In reality, the various and numerous techniques and styles and tricks (that could fill many, many volumes) that might be introduced or utilized in the capture of an image makes it seem to others that some shooters are calling on secrets to achieve the kinds of results they accomplish.

(Note: I know I've written about this subject before and I hate being repetitive but the preponderance of articles--both in hard copy and on the web--and photo forum mentions and even emails I've received have led me to write about it again. There are no secrets. There are only those who don't take advantage of all the easily-accessible info that's out there and/or those who don't practice what they've learned.)
The beautiful and sensuous model accompanying this post is Cytherea. Each pic was captured during different shoots over the past year or so. I'm in a black-and-white mood today so that's why you got what you got... Better than yesterday's post, I guess, where all I gave you to look at was some old Japanese advertisement for a camera.
3 comments:
I'm still reading and enjoying your blog. Thanks John
Hey I'm Japanese damnit! LMAO Yanno, once reading your first insert on this subject I then restudied each volume of info I've bought and amazingly I now agree with you. There are no secrets, there's just application of what one's learned and if not formally educated then join the school of Hard Knocks 'U' and get to learning. It's been uphill ever since for us, but dang what a nice climb. Especially when you find that formula that works and you can then study and learn even more.
Thank You Sir!
Shhhhhhhh! You're giving away our secret of there being no secrets! :)
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