(Camera: Ricoh GXR A12 50mm)
In the film era, photographers were taught to practise seeing a scene through the viewfinder to become more skillful in doing the composition. If a camera is not at hand, use the thumbs and index fingers to do a makeshift "viewfinder", they were told. In the digital age, the LCD monitor takes the place of the viewfinder. But a viewfinder is preferred for the privilege of being not visually disturbed by the out-of-frame elements.
But whatever the viewing device is, the message is the same: to practise seeing a scene as a photographer. How? In a nutshell, search for the unique perspective of your own. Why? To reproduce something which may be commonplace but seems fresh to the viewers in the final image, which is the gist of photography.
And this is certainly also a factor in the art of seeing.
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