CREATING A SWIPE FILE
What’s a swipe file? Sounds like a file you might use to clean your computer or maybe one you can use to steal secrets from other people’s computers. No, it’s …
Month: March 2019
LIVING UP TO YOUR OWN EXPECTATIONS
Before you can know if you are living up to your own expectations, you need to know what you are expecting. Creating an attention-grabbing image every time you indulge in …
PHOTOGRAPHING THE UNEXPECTED
Surprise piques attention. When there is something out of the ordinary in our environment, we need to notice. It might be danger or food. Something bad or something good. Living …
BACKUP
Chances are you’ve been lectured about backing up or burned by not doing it. (One time I backed up into a garage door.) Backing up files can certainly be a …
PHOTO-THERAPY
Whatever makes you feel better is therapy. Hyrdo therapy, hyno-therapy, hug-therapy, hound-therapy. It’s all good. Photo-therapy will always do you wonders. It doesn’t take much, just a point and shoot, …
REACH
Are you reaching? For what? Going for the shot, a shot, any shot is a reach. How far you reach is partly up to you and partly up to the …
BE SHOWN
Image makers make images to show others. “Here, look at what I made.” It’s a worthy endeavor. Life is about creating. We can also be shown. We can even take …
QUESTIONS
Do your photos create questions? In some cases this stimulates interest and in other cases is a put-off. When done well, a good photo will prompt the viewer to wonder …
MAKING YOUR VIEWERS WORK
We have two general thinking systems, analytical and intuitive. The intuitive mind goes with the flow. It sees life and puts the pieces together based on all of it’s observations, …
PHOTOGRAPHY AS EXERCISE
If you’ve ever shot an event or spent a day running around with a camera, some lenses, a tripod and other stuff you know that photography can be great exercise. …