Getting there, as in Slowly achieving your vision

[David_Senesac]

My subjects are landscapes and nature. My interest is simply to capture strong aesthetics. Thus "vision" is usually not an appropriate description of what are generally non-intellectual inner processes. I don't care if others have taken similar frames. I look at things in the ways I have learned from experience works and then use my inner sense of beauty to guide me to a frame. In other words when I'm moving left and right, back and forth, up and down, zooming in and out, emersing my focus on patterns, when my visual system senses beauty and positively structured aesthetics, I trust that and then refine a frame. In other words it comes from within, something I have developed over several decades of being an enthusiast.

[tgtaylor]

My subjects are landscapes and nature. My interest is simply to capture strong aesthetics. Thus "vision" is usually not an appropriate description of what are generally non-intellectual inner processes. I don't care if others have taken similar frames. I look at things in the ways I have learned from experience works and then use my inner sense of beauty to guide me to a frame. In other words when I'm moving left and right, back and forth, up and down, zooming in and out, emersing my focus on patterns, when my visual system senses beauty and positively structured aesthetics, I trust that and then refine a frame. In other words it comes from within, something I have developed over several decades of being an enthusiast.

Well said! I couldn't agree more.

Thomas

[jcoldslabs]

...non-intellectual inner processes.

This is the crux of the issue for me. Trying to explain an intuitive way of seeing in words is difficult. Whatever "vision" I have is expressed collectively in the photos I have taken.

Jonathan

[h2oman]

If indeed you have a clear "vision" congratulations, that is an ongoing process for most of us. In fact, if I ever do feel that I've achieved everything I want to in my images then I'll probably stop making them as it is the learning process and creative inspiration that I really enjoy.

To me there is a difference between finding one's vision and realizing their full potential. I would contend that one can find their vision and still have plenty of room for growth within that vision. And once that vision is found, it will most likely mutate over time, but will likely contain a thread that shows some sort of consistency. Just my opinion, of course.

I feel like I've managed to stumble upon my personal vision over the past few months, and it is a good feeling. Rather than feeling like there is nothing left to do, I now feel like I have direction ans purpose that I was lacking before.