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Category - Photography Clips
Working Around Photography Limitations
Photography is full of limitations. It’s our job to find ways to work around them rather than allowing ourselves to be limited by the tools at our...
Are Second Takes Better?
Photographers are always striving to create something new. But, we shouldn’t discount the value that comes with the occasional second take.
Activating Your Creative Side in Photography
Our creative side doesn’t always awake immediately. Sometimes it just takes patience. Here are thoughts to prevent discouragement while you wait.
Is Video the New Burst Mode for Photography?
Can video take the place of burst mode? Perhaps, depending on what you plan to do with the images — and almost certainly in the future as technology...
Anticipation and Your Reputation in Photography
Building buzz around a photo project before it is completed could be harmful to your reputation. Here are my thoughts on social media for photographers!
What You Think and Feel About Photography
Photographers so often believe that new and unusual locales are the secret to success. But art comes from within, not necessarily your surroundings.
What Do You Want from Photography?
It’s important to ask ourselves what we want from photography. When we can answer that question, we know what course to take toward the future.
Breathing Life into Portraits
Portraits are often static, like a still-life, featuring neutral looks. But they don’t have to be. Get your subject animated to add life to your...
The Ideal is Undependable
The dream is to display our images under ideal conditions. This isn’t always possible, so we need to design photographs to hold beauty no matter what.
What is a Megapixel?
What’s all the buzz about megapixels? Here are some thoughts to clear up confusion so you can decide whether your camera needs more megapixels.
Sometimes It’s All About the Setting
There are all kinds of ways to find subjects for photography. Sometimes the best way is to start with the setting, let life happen, and see what comes...
Doing a Double Take
Online culture has taught us to flip through images quickly. But the good images are worth a double take. Too, we should create images with this in...
Your Photographic Fingerprint
Are you afraid to tread the same ground other photographers have walked? No need to worry because your photographic fingerprint sets your images apart.
Open Yourself to Possibilities
Worries about choosing the right place to take a photographic trip are common, but they shouldn’t be! Everywhere has something worth photographing.
Persistence is the Secret to Success
It’s not gear or exotic destinations that makes us successful photographers. It’s the persistence to keep going out into the field, taking photographs...
Re-prioritizing Today Over Tomorrow
Is it possible that we spend too much time mulling the future instead of creating today? Here are thoughts about balancing creativity with future...
Creative Control in the Digital Age
The digital age comes with a loss of creative control when it comes to displaying our photographs. These quick thoughts might help you remedy that...
What You Think About
Think more creatively, become more creative? It works, I think! Here are some thoughts on how creative thought can make you a better photographer.
Should Print Size be Based on Subject Material?
There are lots of ways to choose print sizes. Perhaps one important consideration should be different composition types and how we tend to view them.
Failure in Your Photography is Actually Success
Failure is part of being a photographer, and sometimes looking at digital negatives feels like failure. We must remember that they’re actually...
Broadening Your Horizons
Is it possible to create a photograph that doesn’t fit into any genre? Maybe, maybe not, but the pursuit of such an image could be worthwhile.
Does Distance Make the Heart Grow Fonder?
Could zooming way in or zooming way out be a solution to those unproductive days in the field? Here’s a quick thought to help you make the most of...
Forget about Gear
Is it the gear that makes art? Or is it the photographer’s creative skill? It’s time to forget about the gear and instead, focus on the mind that...