Taking & making photos!

What’s the difference?

Firstly, taking photographs is easy! Simply point your camera at an object, a scene, a person, or anything you like the look of, and press the shutter button. And Voilà!, you end up with a snapshot!

Knowing how to calibrate a camera to take tack-sharp, well composed and perfectly exposed photographs means you end up taking technically good snapshots.

To “make” a photograph means being able to create a beautifully composed picture that tells a compelling story that embodies crucial details, emotions, unique occasions, and iconic perspectives, with perfect clarity, texture, tonality and colour.

To make great photographs (which I strive to do) requires more than just knowing how to use a camera properly. A photographer needs to be a technically competent and an aspiring artist with an exhaustive knowledge of image editing software types, tools and techniques.