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Each photographer creates their own flight plan … whether the plan is to go from amateur to aspiring to professional or whether the adventure starts with a student at photo school and heads into the world of photojournalism. We each navigate through to our final destination, some flying at break-neck speeds, others moving at their [...]
I can’t believe it’s Day 255 in the tasra365 challenge. I thought I’d be worn out by now, but I’m not. I can’t believe I’ve been editing images pretty much non-stop for the last 3 days. I can’t believe I get to shoot and edit images on a regular basis… personally and professionally. I can’t [...]
What color do you think of when you think of love? Red, right? Today when I thought of color, which is our Theme Thursday, I was drawn to the beautiful red rose my husband gave me this morning (he’s incredible, I know… if you read my “Feeling Anything but Bubbly” post yesterday, you can probably [...]
A useful strategy for improving your images is to experiment. For photographers who’ve taken the tasra365 photo challenge, we devoted an entire Theme Thursday to photo experimentation. I decided to experiment with lens and sun flares today… fortunately the weather cooperated. What I found most successful was working with the trees to enhance or minimize [...]
Positive space is where the action is… where shape, form and function live. Negative space is the empty space around the action, shape, form and function. There is a place for both in our images. In fact, there is a place for both in our lives. Positive space shows you what is going on, forces [...]
Chances are that you’re a visual learner, since you have an interest in photography, so I’ll make this easy for you. There really are more than 5 compelling reasons to get a 50 mm lens for your camera, but I thought I’d keep it simple for today’s illustration. Reason 1 – 5 That’s right… reasons [...]
Quick and dirty progress report of where I am on this journey to 300% photographic improvement… Staying on track: 213 days of taking a photo a day and studying/learning from others professional images Veering off course: camera manual reading has been a struggle for a couple weeks… getting back on track Where I’m headed: taking [...]
Surely you remember Color by Numbers paint sets and watercolor books, right? They help the novice “create” a work of art they might not otherwise have been able to create. The numbers give specific instruction and guidance on what and where you put the color, in order to achieve a prescribed and predictable outcome. Even [...]
… or is your former self a shadow of you? Pause. Think about it. The normal way we hear this phrase is a negative. You’re a shadow of your former self, your glory days, your “thin” days or days in the skinny jeans. What if we turn the saying on it’s head… is your former [...]
My husband loves cereal, even more than Jerry Seinfeld. Perhaps that’s why, when I asked him for an idea for my Theme Thursday shot of light today, the first thing that came to his mind was a Wheaties box. That’s right, a Wheaties box. Wheaties currently has a new cereal called Fuel, with half a [...]
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