I created a picture (for a competition) which got more attention and feedback than anything else I’ve done:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/callumw/4805679433/

I have no shame …. I may do a series (oh no!!!)

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One more thing the iPhone camera does… it makes you see when you aren’t ‘shooting’… in other words, the camera frees you to see the world and look for interesting things without the necessary ‘gear’ items we use when shooting. We begin to see things everywhere, and all the time. Grab that iPhone and shoot it – just to see what it looks like.

That is a very good thing for our creative eye.

They aren’t always successful in their own right, but they do give you lots of “wow, now if I did this instead of that” moments. Then you get inspired to get out the big camera and do the shot again, properly. It’s a lot of fun, takes no time at all, and you end up seeing the amazing in some really ordinary scenes that you would never have thought to shoot before.

Check out a few on my Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/darrenmwinter/sets/72157623673205381/

Saw your bit on giving a compliment to another photographer. For the last two years I having been paying it forward see blog post below

http://rockhoppermedia.blogspot.com/2010/04/pay-it-forward.html

This year I gave a present to a photographer a Pro Account at Flickr, this guy is the next James nachtwey or Don Mcullin but had a simple account. Simple I buy him a account at flickr so he can use it to the full advantage.

As for the disposable camera brilliant. We finished our degree all smug about how great we were when our tutor entered the room and confiscated all our high end nikons and glass and gave us a final assignment.

With a single 34 shot disposable camera with built in flash we had to do a portrait of a CEO, company premises and feature set. We had eight hours to do this and found our subjects and have full colour prints in this time. Mortified we picked up these cameras and headed out. Evereyone of us did this assignment with professional results. It s not the camera its you as a photographer that counts.

Also dont fall into the cults of different photographers and there techniques develop your own style and have the cahunas to stick with it. Experiment and have fun.

I was invited to do wedding photos at a naturist wedding, still kicking myself that I turned it down, a niche market with referrals, nobody knew me there who cares if I was in my birthday suit….

have fun share it and encourage others, and always pay it forward,

I believe in Karma,

Rich

PS I am not a fan nor evangelist but another Pro Photographer who respects you.

Thanks,

Greg