What is photography?

What is the rule of photography?

Someone did ask me to teach them about photography skill, some even ask me to conduct a class to teach their people.Unfortunately, all those request has been rejected. 

Sorry about that guys. It is not because I'm selfish, but I has really no idea what to teach. Photography NOT suppose to has theory or so call golden rule. 

I always believe photography has only one rule, which is 'NO RULE'. Just shoot whatever you think is nice, take from the angle wherever you think is perfect.  Just.... don't set any rule, never ever limit you self in photography, just don't.

What is photography all about?

Maybe some people misunderstand what is photography all about. Photography is not about taking the best angle of an object.  Photography is just like a movie, it is all about storytelling. Video take at least a few minutes to tell a story, but a photo is able to tell a story within a single frame. If you manage to tell the story from a photo, then it is a great photo. 

What about photo editing?

As I said, photography has no rule, no limit. Do whatever photo editing you want, as long as it manage to deliver the emotion and the message of the story. Some said photo editing destroy the quality of photography, photography not suppose to has any editing. To me, this mindset is from dinosaur age. Hey C'mon, this is digital world! You are holding a DSLR, not SLR. The D stand for Digital. Just utilize the the D when you are in a D world. Again, don't ever limit yourself.