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This Profession [photography] Is Deserving Of Attention And Respect Equal To That Accorded Painting, Literature, Music And Architecture.

The Piano Has Eighty-eight Keys, And You Have To Be Able To Play All Of Them. And The Range Of White To Black Is Analogous To The Eighty-eight Keys And You Have To Be Able To Play All Eighty-eight Keys In That Palette From White To Black.

The Disciples Are Drawn To The High Altars With Magnetic Certainty, Knowing That A Great Presence Hovers Over The Ranges ... You Were Within The Portals Of The Temple ... To Enter The Wilderness And Seek, In The Primal Patterns Of Nature, A Magical Union With Beauty.

Photography Is An Investigation Of Both The Outer And The Inner Worlds. The First Experiences With The Camera Involve Looking At The World Beyond The Lens, Trusting The Instrument Will 'capture' Something 'seen.' The Terms Shoot And Take Are Not Accidental; They Represent An Attitude Of Conquest And Appropriation. Only When The Photographer Grows Into Perception And Creative Impulse Does The Term Make Define A Condition Of Empathy Between The External And The Internal Events.

If You Have Enough Craft, You've Done Your Homework And You're Practiced. You Can Then Make The Photograph You Desire.