Just realized how letting go of perfect composition freed up my street photography.

I found a raw energy in my shots once I stopped obsessing over every frame.

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Disagree completely, that raw energy just looks like sloppy framing to me. The masters like Cartier-Bresson proved you can find perfect geometry in chaos, and settling for less just lowers the bar. Without that obsessive discipline, you're just taking snapshots and calling it art.

flores.jade6d ago

Guess my photos would give Cartier-Bresson a migraine then. I'm over here chasing the chaos and calling the blurry bits "art".

the_phoenix6d ago

See, that's the thing though. Cartier-Bresson had his thing, but he wasn't the only master. Look at Daido Moriyama. His whole deal is grain, blur, and wild framing. It's raw energy on purpose. That's not being sloppy, it's a whole different kind of discipline. It's about feeling, not just geometry. Saying one way is the only right way misses so much of what photography can do.