Photo 12 The Photographer’s Mind: How do we Push the Limits? /10
Please read the excerpt from Michael Freeman’s book, The Photographer’s Mind. Once you have read the excerpt, please respond to the following questions:
1. Freeman talks about the concept of solutions or internal rewards that we, the viewer, get when we look at a “good” photo. Do you agree that this is what makes a good photo? One that is “compatibly encodable? Explain(2)
2. Can you think of a photograph that you have taken that meets this Freeman criteria? Explain why you think it does in some detail. Please print this photo for submission with your response.(3)
3. Because so many people now take photographs, what is the key for the successful photographer to keep his/her photographs interesting and relevant?(2)
4. How has the internet changed the way images are seen by millions or by no one compared to earlier times before the internet? Do you think the internet has given us better photographs and artists than before when it was just print media?(3)