"Don't wish for better - do the best possible in the circumstances. Make the best photograph that you can." Sam Abell
For this project, I have tried to follow Abell's advice. I aimed to get the best photographs I could with the material that was in front of me at any particular moment and within the time I had available, which was about four hours. Essentially, it is about avoiding the pitfall of saying there is nothing here to photograph, it is about discipline and practice.
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If you don't know Sam Abell, he was a National Geographic photographer, who now uses his retirement to give illustrated lectures about his photography. Click the button below for his video on the Life of a Photograph, which is also the title of a book that he published. He is very worthwhile listening to - a soft spoken and articulate communicator.
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When I took this photo, it was more about mobile phones than people. It was only later that I imagined a resemblance to Botticelli's Birth of Venus. Too late to make the girl on the left the subject. But, of course, I could crop the photograph to portrait format to see how it might have looked.
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