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STOP BEING IN LOVE WITH YOUR EXPECTATIONS
Stop being in love with your expectations. Going out to make a photo? Stop thinking about what it will look like. It will not look like that. Stop thinking about how you will shoot it. You won't shoot it like that. Stop thinking about what everyone will say about the...
JAMES ALTUCHER’S BOOK “SKIP THE LINE”: NOTES FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS
Photo by Blaz Photo on Unsplash JAMES ALTUCHER'S BOOK "SKIP THE LINE": NOTES FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS I am a big fan of James Altucher. I found his book "Choose Yourself" one afternoon and it changed my life. Few books have life-changing information, but "Choose Yourself"...
HOW STEALING HOURS SHAVES THE 10,000 HOUR RULE
Published in 2008, Malcolm Gladwell's book, "Outliers" became somewhat of a phenomenon. His pursuit of what made high achievers high achievers was meticulous and accessible. One of the features of that book, the idea that it took 10,000 hours of practice to be...
WHY I BELIEVE IT IS OK TO SHOOT FOR FREE
A photographer who has been a "pro" for going on five years now (part-time, of course, because he has a government job) loudly and rudely called me out for telling a new, non-published photographer to get the gig (unpaid) and knock it out of the park. This sort of gig...
BEST IS GOOD, ONLY IS BETTER
IT IS BETTER TO BE THE ONLY THAN THE BEST Well, that is going to need a bit of breakdown, isn't it? We keep hearing that if you are the best, you will get more work. We strive to get better and better believing that will be the golden ticket to getting work. We get...
52: A PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNAL: EDITION THREE
52: A PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNAL: EDITON THREE This is Project 52's Photography magazine. We try to do them at least two or three times a year. They are free. Please feel free to share the publication with anyone you think may enjoy the work. ISSUE THREE FINAL VERSION - PDF...