“You don't take a photograph, you make it.” ~Ansel Adams
I would agree with this statement, in every kind of photography, except for portraiture. But seeing that Ansel Adams is most known for his landscape photography, I think it fits. Adams was known for taking his time with his photography. Waiting, for all the items in his image to line up. He would wait to make sure the clouds and shadows were just right. And in that way he "made" his photographs.
I suppose you could "make" a photograph in portraiture as well, but i dont think it would be as interesting. I mean, we have all come to know the model pose: a blank stare, looking straight at the camera, head cocked to one side, hips to the other. Rarely are these models in motion, smiling, dancing, or doing anything to reveal some small fact of their character. And it becomes un-interesting. Sure, we can add interesting lighting, make-up and instruct them to contort their bodies in interesting angles, and "make" a photograph. But I feel that is more fashion photography than it is portraiture.
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