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Each profession has unique characteristics.  Each profession has requirements.  Art is no different.  Just like any profession art has its own set of characteristics and requirements.  We can call them tenets, rules, principles, concepts or some other word.  What term we use is not important. What is important is learning what those requirements are and how they differ from those of other professions.  What is important is knowing that art is not doing ‘whatever.’  Art, and being an artist, is doing specific things in a specific way. What those things are is the subject of this essay.
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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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