How often do you think about organizing your photos, reviewing the 10,000 or so images you’ve taken then deleting the bad ones and sorting the good ones? For many of us it’s an exercise in procrastination. (and they say we don’t get enough exercise). Here is a suggestion. Instead of wearing yourself out procrastinating about …
Why? Why do we take photos? Maybe it’s the process, the act. The doing that brings us satisfaction. Seems reasonable. There is much more to taking a photo than pointing your camera at something pushing a button. It all the things together. The whole process. It starts with an urge to create an image and …
If you photograph people, especially for events like weddings or other gatherings, then you know that getting a great photo takes a lot more than having a good camera. Even if you just enjoy getting photos of family and friends how, you interact with your subjects make a huge difference in how the photo feels. …
Being seen means being noticed, even if it is just for a moment. We want to be seen. When we are driving, we want other drivers to see us. When we are at a table waiting to order a meal we want a server to see us. Of course we want our photos to be …
We ease into darkness as November flows into December, each day getting dark a little earlier and just when we start getting used to it it starts to change. Ever so slightly it becomes noticeably lighter earlier and stay lighter a little longer A great site for tracking the sun (and the moon) is The …
Is anything (anyone) full speed ahead all the time? We slow down, speed up, chill out, get revved. Getting revved builds momentum, slowing down brings inertia. Momentum is great but needs push to overcome friction. Inertia definitely needs push to get some momentum. Lagging too long makes will require that much extra push, so if …
A great word. Packed with meaning, especially for photographers. Every photo is a view, viewed by the photographer, of a view to be viewed. We find views, with the view finder and create a view. Sometimes it is just what we see, as is, for what it is. Sometimes it expresses our view. And all …
Cal Newport, author of Deep Work and the Study Hacks blog often writes about the downside of social media, how it saps attention and is designed to be manipulative. It has its advantages, but in reality it is a corporate product increasingly designed to harvest vast amounts of user data. It streams us what it …
We shoot what we see. Sometimes it’s because we are looking for it, sometimes it just comes to us. Photography is the practice of critical seeing, like critical thinking. When you decide to frame something your attention gets focused. The eye really gets in the act. You parse and concatenate the various key elements, separating …
