“Photography, as we all know, is not real at all. It is an illusion of reality with which we create our own private world.” Arnold Newman
I like this statement. When you are out in the world taking pictures, you are making careful decisions about what you want to see or hopefully see when you get home back to your computer. It may or may not be the best representation of reality or the subject, but it was the image that you chose to capture given the elements at that particular moment in time. This idea relates to "painting with light", just like when you are painting, you my not always have the skills, or mindset to capture exactly what is in front of you. So you carefully study it and make smart decisions that will help lead you to a solution that feels finished and have a unique and interesting visual quality.
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