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Originally Posted by lonelyjew
...my pictures are still along the lines of "oh, that's pretty" 'click.'
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There's nothing wrong with taking pictures of things that are pretty. In fact, isn't that one of the main reasons why we take pictures? Because they make us feel something? Even if it's joy over something pretty or sorrow over something sad.
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Originally Posted by lonelyjew
I was wondering if you guys had any advice on this? I was told that a good photographer plans their shots. I didn't take it too literally but I do understand what they're saying; good photographers don't rely on lucky captures. Does it just take time to develop this or is there any way to learn how to do this?
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You can't plan everything. I think that the best advice was something I read at
Luminous Landscape on Luck:
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Actually, luck, which we usually think of as — fortuitous things happening on a random fashion — has little to do with it. A definition of luck that I much prefer is "preparedness in the face of opportunity".
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So, in that sense, you're kind of planning. Many things happen only because of great timing, etc, but you need to have planned to be somewhere in the general vicinity and be prepared for what luck may throw at you. You can't plan a great sunset or a great animal shot. What you can plan is being in the right place or being somewhere at the right time. You'll never catch a sunset at noon and you won't catch a dolphin in the middle of the forest. So while you can plan to a certain extent, you can't plan everything, so luck counts for a lot. It just may not be what you think of as luck
