{"id":42325,"date":"2022-08-01T08:28:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T12:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=42325"},"modified":"2022-08-14T14:23:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-14T18:23:32","slug":"how-to-use-metaphor-to-make-stronger-photographs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/42325\/how-to-use-metaphor-to-make-stronger-photographs\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Use Metaphor To Make Stronger Photographs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-42328 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Antarctica_2009-XCVI.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"495\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-42327 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Antarctica_2009-XCV.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"391\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-42329 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/AntarcticaXXXI_2007_5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-42330 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/AntarcticaXXXVI_2007_5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Zoomorphism animates and connects these images.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Photographs can often be well-crafted transcriptions of their subjects and nothing more. It\u2019s usually that elusive \u2018something more\u2019 that makes great photographs, elevating them beyond craft to art. How can you bring more to your images? One way is to use a guiding metaphor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">What is a metaphor? In language, spoken or written, a simile implies a shared quality (This is like that.), while a metaphor states that two things are the same (This is that.). When a metaphor is used, it\u2019s understood that poetic license is being taken. A metaphor isn\u2019t used to create misinformation and confusion, it\u2019s used to emphathetically draw attention to shared qualities.<\/p>\n<br><script src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js\"><\/script><form method=\"post\" id=\"los-pp-form\"><table cellpadding=\"7\" style=\"background-color:#eee;border:1px solid #C0C0C0\"><tr><td colspan=\"2\">Insights Members can login to read the full article.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Email:<\/td><td> <input name=\"los_pp_email\" type=\"text\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><button class=\"g-recaptcha\" type=\"submit\" data-sitekey=\"6LecTYkqAAAAAHJvkyBxFs7D81oS4wjaoHknShEt\" data-callback=\"onSubmit\">Login<\/button> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/get-news\/\">Sign up<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/form><script> function onSubmit(token) { document.getElementById(\"los-pp-form\").submit(); } <\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zoomorphism animates and connects these images. &nbsp; Photographs can often be well-crafted transcriptions of their subjects and nothing more. 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