The ‘what’s that?’ effect

Adding an air of mystery to your photography can do nothing but good things for your shots

Let’s extend the idea of raising questions, rather than always trying to answer them with the camera. It took me longer than most photographers, I think, to get used to this. This is because I grew up in the world of magazine reportage, where the typical assignment was telling a story with, what was basically, a focused photo essay that the editorial team would then spread out among the text essay across several pages. This probably doesn’t get as much thought as it should, largely because we’re all too busy when we’re out on assignment (including self-assignment) looking for the shot. Most of the photographers I know, most of the time, are looking for particular things that they already have in mind. It’s basic training, to actually have a purpose and…

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N-photo: The Nikon (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 2019

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