Jay Maisel, in a recent webinar with Scott Kelby, said he prepares for going outside to take pictures on the street by "emptying" his mind ... expecting nothing in particular and being open to everything.Michael Freeman, in The Photographer's Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos, claims "a significant number of photographers have expressed an almost spiritual communion between their consciousness and the reality around them while shooting....An important concept here is a 'letting go,' an emptying of the mind that follows acquiring and honing the skills. [p. 164]"
