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Purpose: Three Pillars for Photographers

November 8, 2017

Bottom Line: Practice with purpose. Let go of mastery. Prime your Time Practice with Purpose Reward and Remind Olympic athletes and sports teams have 3 core methods to improve. [read more]

Image Talk

Sharp? Look Again!

April 4, 2018

SHARPNESS: A BOURGEOIS ADDICTION Tack sharp. Insanely sharp. Razor sharp. Our relentless pursuit of sharpness is like giving birth to a porcupine, backwards. Looking at gear ads and the photo [read more]

Techniques

Custom White Balance: Do I need it?

April 2, 2018

IN BRIEF: A PRAGMATIC ANSWER No, we don’t need to set a custom White Balance (WB). Let’s see why this is so. This article has two objectives. Initially, we want to learn [read more]

Nature And Wildlife

A Glamping Photo Safari in Africa

March 1, 2018

Photographing animals in the wild can be a challenge, especially the big 5, which includes lions, elephants, rhinos, buffaloes and leopards. First, you have to go out in the bush [read more]

Travel

The Best Locations For Maldives Photography

January 29, 2018

While there are many beautiful and exciting destinations for photographers to visit, there aren’t many that offer the tranquility and solace like Maldives. Ever since the Maldives was first discovered [read more]

Techniques

Make an Emotional Storytelling Connection with Photos

June 27, 2016

Empathy and Emotional Connection – These two things are imperative in a good picture; we need both empathy and an emotional connection to bring to life a main character or subject [read more]

Image Talk

Philosophy of Photography: Contradictions

September 28, 2017

The pictures on our walls are a gallery of our thoughts. How we think is the foundation of our photography. My goal here, is to highlight a few contradictory [read more]

Techniques

Understanding Depth of Field in Landscape Photography

June 28, 2016

In landscape photography, depth of field is a critical component of every image. Some photos require minimum depth of field to place more emphasis on a single element of the [read more]