Creativity
The iPhone As A Serious Camera
I’m sure you can relate to the feeling of being overwhelmed by the rate of technological change that has occurred in photography over the past twenty years. As a full-time photographer, I’ve had to constantly adapt, but fortunately I like trying new things and exploring different ways of thinking and creating. But it’s still been…
Read MoreThe Rewards of a Daily Practice
There is little doubt that any skill you want to improve, particularly a creative skill like writing, drawing, or photography, benefits immensely from daily practice. The gains of daily repetition, even for short periods, vastly outweigh sporadic practice, even if it’s for a longer period of time—you’ll gain more from 15 minutes a day than…
Read MoreDeveloping Your Photographic Curiosity
The process of making a captivating image has to start somewhere, yet so often we’re not quite sure where to begin. I know because I’ve been there and also see this all the time when working with students on my workshops. One strategy is to try and capture as much as possible, but that can…
Read MoreAre You Fulfilling Your Creative Potential?
“I’m not afraid of dying. I’m afraid of not trying.” – Jay-Z There are many things not worth the disproportionate amount of time we give to them; news immediately comes to mind. Time invested in oneself, however, especially when that investment is in exploring your creative potential, pays dividends not only to ourselves, but to those around us,…
Read MoreWhat Story Are You Sharing?
The ultimate quest for any landscape photographer is to convey his or her feelings about the subject in a photograph. To make the photograph more interesting than what was photographed. It’s the most important thing you can spend your time and money working on. Not more gear, more software, or more tools simply because they…
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