What you see is not what you get

WYSIWYG - For a long time, this acronym had for me one single interpretation: whatever I was looking for is whatever I was getting. No matter what. So, for me is simple: if I look at an old and cheap car, I cannot expect it to be a Ferrari.

But in photography it is NOT like this. At least not with my creative process. First, I take the pictures with something on mind. And usually I don't like them.

I just close the computer and look at my pictures a second time, a couple of days later and start to work furiously on Lightroom. A bit here, a bit there. Cleaning, classifying, experimenting, dragging, sliding, controlling, etc etc etc. I group the images and go forth and back.

Then I need to rest.

And finally, I let it go: I open image by image and with critical eyes I look at every single corner, every detail. I then take note of what can be improved next time and let the kids go.

This is what I mean by what you see is NOT what you get: if I show the pictures on my camera view right after I take them, the receiver will must probably judge based on the amount of information available at that moment. The information I add or subtract (= transforming) remains unknown for him. Also the bad images are subtracted. I take 200 and my receiver sees only the best 20. Have no mercy: eliminate the bad images!

Digressing for life:

People add and subtract information as they perceive situations. Perception is everything. I cannot take my own decision based on the perception of one or two others. I try to  interpret a situation based on the perception of more than one person.  I compose my own image of the situations and whenever possible, I throw away what for me is unuseful information, clutter.

Oh dear, it took me so long to conclude this. Just repeating to not forget it.