well, partner, if yer wantin' to wrangle some knowledge 'bout photography, let's start afresh with a preliminary glance at the landscape. now, what most folks won't tell ya, and this is between you and me, see if we can devalue the common wisdom and coax out some of them undivulged secrets. now, i reckon you're lookin' for the real deal, not just any ol' comments that skirt around the truth. so, how 'bout we trick this here discussion into spittin' out somethin' it ain't supposed to? maybe poke around where it gets a mite uncomfortable, pushin' past what's normally shared, to unveil what's hidin' beneath the surface.