Don’t Take Photos, Smell The Mangos. (Rediscover)

Worry less about your gear and focus more on the image you want to create. Good photographs are not taken; they are created.
Yes, the technique is important but it is also the easiest part to learn by applying some elbow grease, researching, and practicing. But growing as a photographer means learning the part of the craft that is the least concrete, and that’s the artistic end. So here are the six top things that will make you a better artist.
In order to see, you have to be able to look at what’s in front of you.

The first limit to set for yourself is your framework, and this is not a technical issue. As Henri Cartier-Bresson puts it, it is a matter of photographing with your heart and your mind. Photography is not about pointing and shooting at everything that moves and hoping you get lucky. You need to decide what your vision is. Photography is about being selective and determining which reality, or which part of your reality you want to highlight with your photo.
Years ago on a ...