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Turning Pro Part I: Portfolio and Persistence

A few weeks ago I wrote 15 Tips About Turning Pro.  I thought it would be a good time to expand on some of those tips and add a few more. Today’s article is the first in that series. Hope you find these new suggestions useful. Part 1: Portfolio and Persistence There has never been an easier [...]

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8 Tips To Take Better Travel Pictures

Ever noticed how some people’s vacation pictures are often an imitation of the postcards they could have easily bought at the airport on their way home? Whether it’s the Eiffel Tower or the Sidney Opera, it’s common to try to capture those iconic images. After all, it’s one reason why we chose to travel to [...]

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8 Tips To Take Better Travel Pictures

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8 Tips To Take Better Travel Pictures

Ever noticed how some people’s vacation pictures are often an imitation of the postcards they could have easily bought at the airport on their way home? Whether it’s the Eiffel Tower or the Sydney Opera, it’s common to try to capture those iconic images. After all, it’s one reason why we chose to travel to [...]

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8 Tips To Take Better Travel Pictures

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Stop Whining About Your Equipment, Get Out There And Shoot!

Every day I get emails from photographers asking which camera to buy so they might become better photographers. STOP!  Use what you have, get out there and shoot! As Darren Rowse wrote in a recent article about camera lust ”Sometimes I think our lust for cameras and gear could be getting in the way of actually [...]

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3 Ways to Know if Your Work is Good

Your family and friends are raving about your work. Your Facebook friends are giving you thumbs up when you post your images.  But is that enough feedback to know that your work is actually good?  Given how many different images we see every day, shouldn’t people be able to recognize a good one from a [...]

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3 Ways to Know if Your Work is Good

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3 Ways to Know if Your Work is Good

Your family and friends are raving about your work. Your Facebook friends are giving you thumbs up when you post your images.  But is that enough feedback to know that your work is actually good?  Given how many different images we see every day, shouldn’t people be able to recognize a good one from a [...]

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Are You A Light Seeker?

First, let me say that I borrowed the expression ‘light seeker’ from fellow photographer Jerod Foster. It’s the perfect way to describe what we are as photographers and I am going to try to explain why we need to pay more attention to the light around us to make better images. My photography improved dramatically [...]

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Are You A Light Seeker?

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Window Street Photography ~ Try Something New And Grow!

Street photography is so exciting – the searching and waiting for just the right moment when a story unfolds in a single frame. I love the surprise and randomness of candid shots, but once in a while I will ask complete strangers if I can make a street portrait of them if I see something [...]

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Window Street Photography ~ Try Something New And Grow!

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What Are Burning And Dodging And How They Can Help Your Photos

When teaching modern digital photography I often forget those new to the general art of photography might not be familiar with classic terms and techniques and I need to take a step back. This post is for those who might have always wanted to ask, “What do people mean when they say ‘burn’ and ‘dodge’ [...]

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Give Yourself Assignments And Get Out There!

Are you in a photographic rut? Shooting the same subject over and over?  Seeing the same people, the same streets, the same scenery day in and day out? How about an exotic, inspiring, stimulating vacation to perk up your pixels!  Not an option right now?  Well, you can still change the way you see your familiar [...]

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Give Yourself Assignments And Get Out There!

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