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Is There Anything New to Say About Photography?

5 min readMay 28, 2025

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Blossoms on a crab apple tree, lit by the morning sun
“Crab Apple Blossoms” (© Mark Ali)

There’s been a gazillion articles written about photography (give or take).

Is there anything left to say?

I mean, there have been articles with tips and advice on capturing images, reviews of equipment, commentary on the state of the industry … you name it — somebody (including myself) has written about it.

Sometimes, it feels like a saturated subject.

But it’s my favorite subject to write about. So, it’s discouraging when I sit down to write and suddenly realize that I have no ideas.

That happened recently … and it gave me an idea. (See what I did there?)

The idea was this: Is photography really a dried-up topic at this point? Or does it just seem that way?

Let’s think about it…

A landscape image of a green valley in Ireland
“Irish Valley” (© Mark Ali)

Talking Technical

A common photography article topic is some technical aspect of the craft.

It often has to do with capturing the correct exposure, achieving good sharpness, choosing equipment, using…

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Mark Ali
Mark Ali

Written by Mark Ali

I’m a writer, a photographer, a music lover, and a professional ice sculptor. I’m kidding about that last thing. (View my portfolio at: markaliphotos.com)

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