"The state of mind of a photographer while creating is a blank... It is a very active state of mind really, a very receptive state of mind, ready at an instant to grasp an image, yet with no image pre-formed in it at any time. We should note that the lack of a pre-formed pattern or preconceived idea of how anything ought to look is essential to this blank condition." [Minor White]
Ah, Markus, you are right. The difference is in our perspective: You see the final image, while I make the exposure "with no image pre-formed" then at a later date I 'see' and modify it in the virtual darkroom of the computer, creating what you see as the final image. The process is not unlike what I did in the film days, though I have so much more control now.
Conscious control of the process—if at all—takes place at the last stage. Although one must be attuned to the unconscious all along the way.
I still cringe when people refer to it as "digital capture". Are they afraid of taking responsibility for what they made?
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Fine - is it overbearing to assume that you smiled when you found this scenery?
"The state of mind of a photographer while creating is a blank... It is a very active state of mind really, a very receptive state of mind, ready at an instant to grasp an image, yet with no image pre-formed in it at any time. We should note that the lack of a pre-formed pattern or preconceived idea of how anything ought to look is essential to this blank condition." [Minor White]
Which in my eyes does not contradict the ability to feel joy about the aptitude to see.
Ah, Markus, you are right. The difference is in our perspective: You see the final image, while I make the exposure "with no image pre-formed" then at a later date I 'see' and modify it in the virtual darkroom of the computer, creating what you see as the final image. The process is not unlike what I did in the film days, though I have so much more control now.
Conscious control of the process—if at all—takes place at the last stage. Although one must be attuned to the unconscious all along the way.
I still cringe when people refer to it as "digital capture". Are they afraid of taking responsibility for what they made?
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