PURPOSE
The real purpose of personal photography is to feel good. Reaching for a shot is a pure moment.
Month: February 2019
GOING MIRRORLESS?
The DSLR is the digital version of the 35 mm film SLR which itself was a big improvement over rangefinder cameras when they came out. Before SLRs, 35mm and medium format photographers did not see the exact same view that their film saw. There was a slight shift in perspective, similar to the difference you …
MORE ABOUT CURVES
As you dig deeper into Lightroom or Photoshop you’ll begin to experiment with the tone curve. It is an interesting tool and something you can use to really customize your photos. The curve is an adjustment tool. It lets you drag a line to cause changes in your photo. As you drag the line around …
RUSHING
It’s not unusual to rush when shooting, especially when photographing people. It would be ideal to always be able to take your time and make every exposure count, yet that’s not typically the reality. People can be patient but we know there is a limit to their patience and we can feel it so we …
SNIFFING FOR PHOTOS
Why does it seem we sniff out good photos? It’s hardly an odor thing. Smelling is soooooo non-verbal. Try to describe a smell in words. It’s just there. Either you smell it or you don’t. The best we can do to describe it is to compare it to something. Finding photos is pretty non verbal, …
PRODUCTIVITY
There is a natural urge to want to get things done. As photographers we want to create something, complete something or get organized. Any one project contains all three goals. Getting the shot, finishing the processing, delivering and putting everything away are all part of the process, the cycle. When we complete the cycle without …
LONG TERM STORAGE
Prints don’t crash. You can still view then even if your computers change, you get a new phone or a new hard drive. The box you store them in won’t go out of business. The digital age, cell phones, giant hard drives and the cloud have made it easier than ever to take and store …