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Jowens, I think you're conflating technique and art. Art can't be taught, because how you apply art to any given situation is about being creative. Technique can of course be taught, and shouldn't be hoarded. The more we all share our knowledge of technique, the more we all have better technique, and the more all of our photos are better, and the more we can focus on creativity instead of technique.
Techniques can be taught. There are people who could paint exactly like Picasso, even in his day. They could easily copy any of his paintings and nobody could tell the difference.
The difference though is that he created them, and he had an artistic vision that he executed. The people who copied his paintings couldn't create original works of art of their own (well some could, but they actually didn't look like Picassos, some of the forgers were talented in their own right, but I digress).
Same thing with photography. You can learn all the techniques in the world, but that's not going to make you a great photographer in the creative sense. If so, Scott Kelby would be one of the 10 greatest photographers in the world. He's not (though I do think his photography has vastly improved since he started publishing his how-to books).
Techniques can be taught. There are people who could paint exactly like Picasso, even in his day. They could easily copy any of his paintings and nobody could tell the difference.
The difference though is that he created them, and he had an artistic vision that he executed. The people who copied his paintings couldn't create original works of art of their own (well some could, but they actually didn't look like Picassos, some of the forgers were talented in their own right, but I digress).
Same thing with photography. You can learn all the techniques in the world, but that's not going to make you a great photographer in the creative sense. If so, Scott Kelby would be one of the 10 greatest photographers in the world. He's not (though I do think his photography has vastly improved since he started publishing his how-to books).