When people notice something interesting or beautiful these days, there�s often a natural impulse to pull out their smartphones and snap a photo of it, preserving that moment and memory. But �there�s a big problem associated with [this],� says The School of Life in the 3-minute video above. �We�re likely to be so busy taking the pictures we forget to look at the world whose beauty and interest prompted us to take a photograph in the first place.�
Victorian English art critic John Ruskin noticed this problem in the early years of photography, and his recommendation was that everyone take up drawing as a way to study the world more closely. Whether or not you actually do take up sketching, there�s a simple takeaway: make sure you never let your camera get in the way of you seeing and appreciating the world you�re photographing.
(via The School of Life via Bokeh)
Started out doing photography at the age of 6 using an uncle's old 1940 kodak brownie box camera. At 15 years of age, I decided to buy my very own 1975 Praktica SLR camera. I now shoot with a Nikon D850. I do unpaid TFP and commercial paid work.