{"id":531478,"date":"2023-07-27T03:37:09","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T07:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=531478"},"modified":"2023-07-27T03:40:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T07:40:50","slug":"skill-in-photography-is-over-rated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/27\/skill-in-photography-is-over-rated\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;SKILL&#8217; IN PHOTOGRAPHY IS OVER-RATED"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A problem in photography:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is too much emphasis on whether or not it took &#8216;skill&#8217; to make a certain photo or not.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the reason why this is a bad line of thinking is that the &#8216;skill&#8217; of the photographer isn&#8217;t his or her prowess with the camera, technical settings etc, but rather &#8230; the <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/05\/how-to-improve-your-visual-acuity\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"289157\">visual acuity<\/a> of their eye!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1180\" height=\"738\" data-attachment-id=\"531483\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/screenshot-2023-07-27-at-2-38-06-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screenshot-2023-07-27-at-2.38.06-PM-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2023-07-27 at 2.38.06 PM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screenshot-2023-07-27-at-2.38.06-PM-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screenshot-2023-07-27-at-2.38.06-PM-scaled.jpg?resize=1180%2C738&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-531483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screenshot-2023-07-27-at-2.38.06-PM-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screenshot-2023-07-27-at-2.38.06-PM-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C480&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screenshot-2023-07-27-at-2.38.06-PM-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C960&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screenshot-2023-07-27-at-2.38.06-PM-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1280&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screenshot-2023-07-27-at-2.38.06-PM-scaled.jpg?resize=920%2C575&amp;ssl=1 920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screenshot-2023-07-27-at-2.38.06-PM-scaled.jpg?w=2360&amp;ssl=1 2360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1180px) 100vw, 1180px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A problem in photography: There is too much emphasis on whether or not it took &#8216;skill&#8217; to make a certain photo or not. 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