Taking a photo - Art or a Snap?
I often find myself walking around and seeing a frame or a scene that I like but when I take the picture, it doesn’t live up to expectation. I see an image I want to take but it ends up looking like a “snap” or any old photo you may have on your phone.
I will often lift my camera to my face then change my mind and not take the picture, especially as I don’t want to waste a frame on something that isn’t worth it.
The attached picture for example (Full disclosure, it’s from a digital camera but that’s not the basis of the question) looks great in my head but I couldn’t transfer that into a photo. Maybe someone will say it’s amazing, maybe someone would want to frame it? I doubt it and maybe that’s what stops me taking the picture
How do I lift myself out of this? Is it skill, experience, editing or is it a mindset?
If the answer is Cartier-Bresson’s 10,000 photos then I’ll shut up and keep going!