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previously i had recommended people to begin photography by shooting film, and i still think that film photography is much more rewarding
for you will get a physical object, it will demand you to learn how to use basic concepts 'in flight', and people will surely be much more approachable if you're shooting an yashica electro 35 or an tlr than if you're using a smartphone or -worse- a real digital camera
however, it's costly, it will demand some time, and -worse- most people feel than they're better photographers when they're not out to take pics, bc that's usually true
for beginners will spend much time thinking over and over a 'composition', 'reframing', etc and none of that matter if you're not after a thing
there must be something in what you picturing that moves you toward it, like an glimpse of beauty, fear, and what not
composition and framing should be regarded as getting 'that' into picture
take for instance
>>3958038the cow was obviously unquiet, moaning and scratching itself, so there was no chance for framing it; but i had in my mind that its back was somewhat like an mountain standing against the clear blue sky of the day,
so i shot many pics of it and this one i think it was the one that looked better
i know the composition was correct because people did get that same sense when viewing this pic, not just here on p but surprisingly my acquaintances of instagram as well (people that are not 'into photography')
same applies for every animal pics i take tbqh
this is an explanation over a concept i learned and developed from the time i was in contact with sebastião salgado, you can hear what he says about it on this video, if you know portuguese:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM4xL4g_62Mi'll summarize it: sebastião is not a proponent of the 'decisive moment' of cartier-bresson, because he had noticed that he was able to get much more insightful pics if he were continually more acquainted with the subject
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