Brevity seems like an odd concept to apply to photography. All in all, the art itself is self-contained, all of the information, all of the magic, everything happening within the confines of one frame. So where do you have the opportunity to be brief?
Actually, there are several areas in which things can be trimmed back, not just within the frame but within the process as a whole. Certainly, the creative process is not something that should be brief. The creation of art, it is a process that takes hours of thought, thorough editing, much time devoted to revisiting the subject material and seeing what you can improve upon.
The learning process is not a short one, either. I always say that as a photographer, you’ll never stop learning. There are always new skills, new techniques, new pieces of gear, even new artistic methods to learn. A lifelong process in every sense of the word.
But there are a few areas in which brevity is appreciated or even required. I’ll show you some examples so that you can see what I mean.
