Hello , 

I missed writing about photography yesterday. 

I talked about it a lot.

And I made some pictures while out with friends.

But no writing.

The thing is, every day, I'm involved in my photography.

Even thinking about photography is doing photography.

One of the things I often do  is something I call "seeing in pictures."

Seeing in pictures is seeing something and visualizing what we see as a picture in our minds. 

Visualizing a picture in our mind always happens before camera operation and exposure. 

 We can even imagine which lens, ISO, and exposure settings we'll use.  

And suppose we're using the camera on our phone. In that case, we can still practice visualization, except we may not have access to exposure settings, ISO, and other camera functionality available in different types of cameras. 

So, practicing visualizing what we see as a photograph, even if we don't make a picture, is an excellent way to study and practice our photography. 

Visualizing comes naturally to us.

We struggle with creating something that aligns with our visualization.  

And as photographers, that struggle usually happens during our process with camera operation, composition, and evaluation of the light were observing. 

If we don't understand how the relationship between the characteristics of the light we see and our camera operation effect compositional outcomes, we struggle with our photography.  

We can either get the picture we want or not. 

Understanding how to get the picture we want is essential.

But just as important is that we can't get the picture we want based on our evaluation of the light we're working with, our skill as photographers, and our camera.

And when we understand we can't get the picture we want, we can do what we can to get the best image possible. 

I hope you're practicing your photography today.

I've got some classes scheduled.