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THE SHOTS
SEEING YOUR IMAGE FIRST
Many art professors and photographic academics
have said that an amateur “takes” a picture while a
professional “creates” one.
While a great deal of hard work goes into producing
a professional-grade image, there will invariably be a
magical moment when the image suddenly comes to
you. You may be walking down the street or driving
in your car when you see something special. It could
be the lighting on someone’s face through a window,
or a person bathed in warm light like a seventeenth-
century painting. Perhaps it’s the reections of a
golden sunset o a mirror and onto a vase of owers,
or the manner in which ...