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1. Ritual and Photography
Learning to be in the moment......
It is the moment you have been waiting for - So, what DO you do? How can you make sure you get
that once in a life time moment. You pick up that once-in-a-life-time moment and still make sure
your camera and create a photo. the image is good?
The answer is simple.
Except, when you look at it later, you discover
the image is blurred, or over exposed.... Don’t think. Be in the moment.
Or., even worse, you are so busy with your Is that possible with something as complex as a ca-
camera, you miss the moment completely..... mera? Yes.
Look at it this way - we all learn to do things without
Unfortunately, we have all been there. It is as though thinking - like tying our shoes or using a knife and
we can focus on the camera and miss the moment, or, fork. Though we don’t think about these actions this
we can focus on the moment and be disappointed by way, these are rituals - aspects of everyday life that
the quality of the photo. We don’t seem to be able to do we tend to do the same way. Over and over.
both.
This isn’t a problem amateurs alone face - professionals Why should using a camera be different?
often have the same problem.
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