“You don't take a photograph, you make it.” ~Ansel Adams

I do believe that it is the photographer's "vision" that makes the photograph, but I also think that a good photograph can happen on accident. I'm not a very good photographer yet and sometimes photos that I take without having a real meaning behind it turn out really well.

However, most photography, the photographer thinks about how the subject should be standing/sitting...then the props that should also be in the photo, and what the background should be...There are so many thoughts that have to go into good photography.  And photography really is a piece of art.