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this post was submitted on 01 Oct 2023
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As a (as of yet) nonprofessional photographer I take a "yes, and" approach.
99.98% of people will just take a picture of the thing and move on.
0.001% of people will say, "What's the point? I can just look up the picture on Wikipedia."
What do I like to do? I like to take a picture of the thing, but tell a story surrounding it. Is there a mom with a cell phone grinning seeing her kids run around the statue? Take a picture of the moment. Is there a couple with their arms wrapped around each other? Such a precious photo.
This can also help show scale. When I visited a volcano in my area that's a tourist trap, most people stand at the viewpoint, and take a picture of the gray and brown bump on the horizon with steam coming out. But I purposefully tried to get people in the shot. The result showed how impressive the volcano truly was.
This dude arts!