WHAT DO YOU SEE?
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 …
SOLSTICE
This is the day we get to enjoy the lowest angle of the daytime sun. (Well, we could if it wasn’t raining…). Winter days are short but the light is …
HOARDING
How easy is it to hang on to a photo (even a failed one) when you have infinite storage space? (Massively easy!) If fact, “why delete any?” is an entirely …
POCKET CAMERA
A pocket camera is always available, assuming it’s in your pocket, or you have pockets. Grab and shoot. Shooting is the fun part. Curating is the discipline.
SKILL OR TALENT
It’s the “nature/nurture” question. Is someone good at photography because they have talent or did they learn to be good. When looking at some people, you may be awed at …
CONTEXT
In context? Out of context? What’s the context? It’s an elusive word but we know it when we see it. Photos can go either way depending on what we are …
SPECIALIZING
In his book, Great at Work, author Morten Hansen begins with the production concept of doing less and obsessing more about you are doing. Highly productive people prioritize what they …
SMALL TOWNS, BIG HEARTS
Small towns can be magical when the people like to get out. It’s good to have a camera and a second story studio across from about 100 townies out singing. …
SATISFACTION OF BEING SEEN
Cal Newport, associate professor at Georgetown University, author of Deep Work and many several other productivity writes a blog called Study Hacks where he explores our attention potential and how to …
ASSIGNMENTS
Sometime our photos are chance encounters, when we happen to have our camera or possibly “prepared” chance encounters, when we go out looking for photos and chance brings us all …