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 …
Photography
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
FOLDER NAMING
A hard drive is certainly handy to store digital files as is the cloud, but naturally we’ll want things organized so we can easily find them again. Most of us …
COURAGE
It takes courage to do a lot of things. It takes courage to take some photos. Courage to walk up to a stranger and ask to take their photo. Courage …
ON PURPOSE
We take photos on purpose. It’s not involuntary like beating our heart or scratching an itch. Or maybe it is like scratching an itch, a little bit. An itch is …
OWNING YOUR SKILLS
Seth Godin writes “… if you learn a new skill, you own it forever.” He compares the time we spend on different things to their long term value and the …
PROJECTS
Every photo is a project and it’s really just a matter of scale. Maybe it’s a quick snap shot or a life time long mission. The beautiful of tackling is …