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After the Shutter: Before & After

There is a common idea that photography is about capturing exactly what was standing in front of the camera.

Sometimes it is.

But that isn’t really how I see photography.

For me, making the photograph begins before I ever raise the camera.

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Before & After: Discovering Painterly Process

Here’s the before I promised — the starting point of this little adventure into learning a new style.

When I first opened the raw file, I could see the potential… but …