The notion that the photographer should fully understand every aspect of the likely final image before pushing the shutter button is a naive perversion of the pre-visualization idea.
It is equivalent to thinking that first drafts are always best and that further revision and editing demonstrates lack of foresight or vision. Or that a painter should never reconsider an aspect of the work as they execute the painting. Or that a composer should not revise their initial sketch for a piece — just copy out your original idea. (OK, Mozart sort of did that a few times. But Beethoven most certainly did not.)
All of that is, of course, nonsense. Creative work virtually never happens that way. It is an iterative process of experiments, failed attempts, “aha” moments, and long, hard work.
As anyone who knows diddly about any of the arts would know.
Jan 13, 2025 at 09:28 AM
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