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Membership is only $29 per month for a full days rental, or roll them over and join me in Maine this spring. A truly wonderful deal.What I’ve Learned So Far: Twenty Four; “Photography is a Privilege”
Is making a photograph easy? Good question... although the question should really be; Should making a photograph be easy? We seem to expect it to be. I see the ads about how easy it is to "click" and get a picture. Kodak said it decades earlier: "Push the button and...
What I’ve Learned So Far: Twenty Three; “On Creativity”
Occasionally we run into the argument of whether or not 'creativity' can be taught, or does it have to be born within us? We read all about creativity and how important it is. We award little statuettes to really "creative" people. Creativity is blessed, cursed,...
What I’ve Learned So Far: Twenty Two; “Photography Is an Incredible Art”
Photography at its best can be a reflection of the world in ways that we have never been seen before. It is the photographer's vision that makes the image become more than it could have been. But at the heart of the photographer's vision, there is a deep foundation of...
What I’ve Learned So Far: Twenty One; “Don’t Be A Clone”
Nobody likes a clone. A clone is a copy, a non-authentic 'ringer' that has no soul, no guts, no passion, no quirks or guilts or pleasures. And it is way, way too easy to be a clone. Just copy something or someone and do that as you. But it is you. Case in point. A...
What I’ve Learned So Far: Twenty; “Gravity; A Force of Nature, Not a Way of Life”
One of the more difficult things to wrap our arms around is that not everyone out there wants us to succeed. In fact, the numbers are highly stacked against us. More people will seem to want to douse your flame of passions before it gets lit than will block the wind...
What I’ve Learned So Far: Nineteen; “It Isn’t What You Shoot, It’s HOW You Shoot What You Shoot”
In the 'business' of photography some things have changed drastically since I started out a long time ago. From "day rates" to "snip tests" some of what we did as a normal part of our creative lives have either vanished or have been recreated into some new language -...