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You won't learn anything by watching it, you must watch it! In an era where everyone is a photographer, "what is photography" seems to no longer be a question. It seems that as long as we carry a camera around and shoot, one day we will become photographers. However, photography is more than just a technique, or even just an art. "Kung Fu is beyond poetry" is the most suitable motto for photographers. They need to have knowledge in many aspects, not just parameters and composition rules, so that they can release all their spirituality at the moment of pressing the shutter. This column is here to talk about photography, but it is not about camera models, exposure combinations, and the golden section, but about the "unpoetic skills" of photography. I hope that after thinking about these "unpoetic skills", we will have a new understanding of photography, and ultimately our photos will show a different look. Topics of the column include what the nature of photography might be, and what makes the great photographers great? What is it about his photographs that is unique and difficult for us to imitate, let alone surpass? How do philosophers such as Roland Barthes and Susan Sontag view photography? How do their perspectives help us take photos? How do writers and directors view photography in literary and film works? These questions are what I constantly think about in my photography teaching and practice. They are the imprints I have left on my photography journey, and they are "photographic notes".