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The man who is enthusiastic will find the scales tipped in his favor. And a man of second-rate ability, with enthusiasm, will outstrip a man of first-rate ability without enthusiasm.Dale Carnegie

1 - Introduction
Hard skills are factual, technical and quantifiable.  Soft skills on the other hand are subjective, artistic and difficult to quantify. This series of essays focuses on the concept of Vision in fine art photography.  Vision being a soft skill, a discussion of soft skills and hard skills is therefore appropriate in the context of this series.
Soft skills are underestimated in fine art photography today.  This is essentially because fine art photography is a technical medium.  However, this does not mean that soft skills have no place in this medium. Because fine art photography is a combination of both art and science, the creation of a successful fine art photograph requires both soft skills and hard skills.
In this essay, number 8 in the Vision...

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Alain Briot creates fine art photographs, teaches workshops and offers DVD tutorials on composition, raw conversion, optimization, printing and marketing. Alain is the author of Mastering Landscape Photography, Mastering Photographic Composition and Marketing Fine Art Photography. All 3 books are available from Alain’s website as well as from most bookstores. You can find more information about Alain's work, writings and tutorials as well as subscribe to Alain’s Free Monthly Newsletter on his <a href="http://www.beautiful-landscape.com/">website</a>. You will receive over 40 essays in PDF format, including chapters from Alain’s books, when you subscribe.
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