What do you see?
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Elliott Erwitt was a famous street photographer that was born in Paris, and moved to New Your in 1948. BTW, I loved his work and his approach to shooting in the streets.
He once said, “Photography is an art of observation. It has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them”.
For s long as I’ve been shooting and teaching classes with the BPSOP and conducting my “Stretching Your Frame of Mind Workshops” This quote has been my mantra.
I’ve worked with people that were right brained and people that were left brained, and I can tell you the incredible difference between these two photographers.
Left brained photographers will see a tree and nothing more. They’re analytical, structured, and naturally wired to ask questions, gather facts and want to know things that are provable.
In other words they want to know why the tree is there, where did it come from, what species is it, etc.
The right brained photographers are visual and creative…with a less organized way of thinking. They see the tree, but they also see the texture of the bark, the shape of the leaves, the way the leaves form a pattern, the negative space between the leaves, and the color of the leaves.
So, my fellow photographers, are you right or left brained?
Visit my website at: www.joebaraban.com and follow me on Instagram: www.instgram.com/barabanjoe. Come shoot with me sometime, and BTW, I’m right brained.
JoeB
