In a sense, writing poems and taking pictures have been two discreet but very closely related activities. What I teach my poetry students in terms of snapshot poetics might also serve photography students:

-Ordinary mind includes eternal perceptions.

-Observe what´s vivid.

-Notice what you notice.

-Catch yourself thinking.

-Vividness is self-selecting.

-First thought, best thought.

-Subject is known by what she sees.

-Others can measure their vision by what we see.

-Candor ends paranoia.

Allen Ginsberg