Where And When?
This just seemed like a logical follow up to my post right before this one “How And Why?”. Where and when should we practice our photography? How about here and now? Take out whatever camera ya got and...
View ArticleCreativity. We Got It Or We Don’t.
I don’t buy that bs. If we buy into that we diminish ourselves. We’re all creative, we just express our creativity in different ways. We all “got it”. We just need to cultivate our creativity with...
View ArticleGood Practice Leads to Good Photography
Practice develops “muscle” or “procedural” memory. Procedural memory doesn’t characterize our practice as correct or incorrect. If our practice is full of correct action in terms of what we’re doin’...
View ArticleQuestion: What are the 5 most important rules of composition in photography?
Answer: I don’t buy into the “rules of composition” stuff. Instead of “rules” of composition I think of “elements” of composition. Everything we do as photographers is an element of composition....
View ArticleInvest In Your Photography With Persistence
Creating good photographs doesn’t come easy. Buying a camera is easy. Creating good photographs with that camera? Not so easy. Don’t get discouraged. Persist. While a camera will cost ya, persistence...
View ArticleDo It Again.
That’s what practice is. During a class if someone makes a mistake I’ll ask them to do it again. Not the mistake of course, but what they were doing that led to the mistake. It’s great when we get...
View ArticlePhotography And Default Modes
We have default modes as photographers in terms of our studies and practice. We have default modes on our camera. Our default modes as photographers change depending on our intent and what we’re...
View ArticleThe Way To Be A “Good” Photographer Is By Not Being A “Good” Photographer
We can get stuck in thoughts of whether our photographs are good or if we are good photographers. Ideas of good vary as judgements in terms of “I like ” or ” I don’t like”. If ya want your work,… Read...
View ArticleBeing A Photographer – Goals and Immediate Effort (Process) In Our Photography
Being A Photographer – Goals and Immediate Effort (Process) In Our Photography There’s what we intend to do (goal) and the effort needed to realize the goal (process). When we fixate on the goal we...
View ArticleBeing A Photographer – When do we know we’re photographers?
When do we know we’re photographers? Is it when we have a lot of photography gear? Is it when we have accumulated a certain amount of pictures? Is it when we have a certain type of camera? In terms of…...
View Article
