In Part 1 of this article series exploring a modern approach to visualization, I discussed what photographic visualization is, where the concept originated and how it plays a critical role in getting a photographer to think creatively. Bearing that in mind, thinking creatively alone doesn’t make for beautiful imagery. I believe that without a clear concept behind a photograph, creating something personal and meaningful would be challenging at best. However, technique also plays a critical role. And the more technique one knows, the deeper the reservoir one can pull from when visualizing and creating photographs.
A few years back, I wrote a book called . The foreword of that book, I’m honored to say, was written by David Bayles. Bayles is an accomplished photographer and co-author of the book along with Ted Orland, who was for many years one of Ansel Adam’s assistants. is one of the bestselling books on creativity and art making ever sold, if not the best. In the opening paragraph of the forward, Bayles wrote something about the importance of technique that I often think about:
