by Alain Briot
Be Yourself. Everyone else is already taken.
Oscar Wilde

1 - Introduction
In part 1 of this series we saw what vision consists of.  However it is one thing to know what vision is and another to know if you are expressing vision in your work through the creation of fine art photographs.  Therefore, in this second essay, whose title is inspired by Woody Allen, we are going to look at what it takes to create fine art photographs.  To this end I created a list of what I consider to be the most important aspects of fine art photography.  A second example of vision is featured at the end of the essay.

2 - Art can be created with photography as well as with any other medium
The artist defines the creation of art, not the medium.  Painting, sculpture, drawing, dance, architecture, music, etc. are all mediums that are traditionally considered to be appropriate for the creation of art. However they are not the only ones.  Any medium can be used to create art.  It is ho...