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# Photography is Not About Technique
- URL: https://www.cjchilvers.com/blog/photography-is-not-about-technique/
- Published: 2013-07-01T05:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2013-07-01T05:00:00.000Z
- Author: CJ Chilvers
- Tags: photography

[Alex Furman](https://medium.com/click-the-shutter/9cfbf7aea1f0?ref=cjchilvers.com) writes about why everyone can and should practice photography:

> “Photography, mostly, is not about technique. It requires technique, but technique is also the easy part and it; alone, won’t get you anywhere.”

I’ve spent the last month devouring technique-related photography books for a new book I’m writing. There’s really nothing new under the sun. If your focus is technique, you can pick up a book from 1960 or read any one of several hundred interchangeable photography blogs. Nothing really changes, but the amount of automation between you and an idea. Work on the ideas.