Is it difficult to learn photography? Is it different from taking pictures?

Obviously, photography and taking pictures may not be the same thing!

The feeling of being able to take pictures like photography may not be as simple as simply pressing the shutter, and it may be difficult for some people to do it, because we usually just take pictures, not photos. When we talk about taking pictures,

Just use the camera to record some people and things. Usually, you aim at what you want to shoot and press the shutter without thinking. Your motivation for taking pictures may be just to record.

But photography is not a record, it is an expression and a reflection of the photographer's thinking. The first lesson taught by the New York Institute of Photography is to let students learn to ask themselves "What do I want to shoot?" Before pressing the shutter. "What do I want to express through this photo?" Only by answering these two questions can a photo qualify as photography. Every work shot by a qualified photographer is well thought out, and every photo will "speak" and tell the viewer what the photographer wants to express.

So this is the difference between photography and photography, one is recording and the other is expression.