Spotlighting is an often overlooked technique, which is a shame because there are many, many different creative ways to put single light sources to work.
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Photographers love to tell stories about where, how and why their photographs were made. And that begs the question, shouldn’t our images speak for themselves?
It’s exciting to be able to print photographs at extremely large sizes. But is it always necessary? Some images may benefit from smaller sized prints.
Photography is really a way of projecting our personal perspectives onto the world. That’s what makes each image from every photographer unique.
Generalizing and stereotyping is viewed as a bad thing. But generalizing is a lot of what photographers do. We just need to be conscientious and do it right.
Throughout the day, our minds go from work to errands to family and more. It helps to take a moment and shift gears so you can prepare your mind to be creative.
Future-proofing is good in that we need gear to suit our photographic needs—but it can go wrong, too! Here are thoughts on when future-proofing goes too far.
Going on a photography trip without pre-scouting the area can be a valuable challenge that teaches you to trust your instincts. Read my thoughts here.
Content is king in photography, but maybe not quite in the way you think. It’s the emotional content that counts, the pieces of ourselves that we pour into it.
There’s so much that is out of our control. Weather, animals, the people that we photograph. But in the digital darkroom, we can control every single pixel.
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