What Is There To Photograph?

KTM Komuter - From Ibn Hussin Gallery

The train will cross the bridge every 15 to 20 minutes. So if I spoil a shoot, I would have to spend at least another 15 minutes for the next train to cross the bridge. Apparently I did spoiled one shoot.

The title of today blog actually is an introduction title from a book I'm currently reading, Nature Photography Field Guide by John Shaw. He wrote,

Each year, I travel the globe to take pictures, often leading photo tours or workshops. The people in these groups are specifically interested in photographing the natural world, yet in's on this trips that I inevitably hear the question, "What is there to photograph?"

Truly this is the wrong question to ass; it leads photographers to take pictures that are empty of emotional content. Without passionate involvement, our pictures are nothing more than records. The question we should always be asking is "What is there to discover?"