The Open Gate

For years, you’ve followed photography tutorials and Youtube videos. You know the exposure triangle, you know the difference between spot and evaluative metering for all your cameras. You probably a preset pack. Or two. You master the technique. Yet, when you’re on location looking at a scene in front of you, you hesitate. You know there is a photograph in there. You’re pretty sure you can feel something could be done here. But you’re not sure what you want the photo to say. This is the paradox of the open gate. When the internet exploded and information started to flow, we asked education to be free. And we got exactly that: millions of YouTube videos on every subject under the sun, social media, free presets packs, recipe cheat sheets for every conceivable situation. Knowledge became a flood. But what started to flow wasn’t designed to make you a better photographer. It was designed to keep you watching, clicking, and scrolling. Ming Thein put it this way: “Giving someone a recipe…

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