It’s that time of the year again when everyone thinks they should be a photographer. So many situations arise that just need to be captured with a digital memory. Smartphones have done nothing if not exacerbate the common misperception that anyone can take a picture. Well, in a way, it’s true that anyone can take a picture. But not everyone can shoot a photograph. (I believe I can say this without pretension because I am supposed to be a writer not a photographer.) We digress. The point here is that a photograph is something special. It represents more than just a thousand words, as the old saying goes. As the great street-scene photographer Elliott Erwitt once said, “To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place… I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.” Read More.