Latest Winners Pat Welte and LaVerne Blowers
Photography is Your Life
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If you read the title of this post, then perhaps one of the first things that popped into your mind is that old “is life” t-shirt slogan. You’ve seen them before. “Jogging is life.” “Fishing is life.” “Basketball is life.” If there is a hobby or activity that you can devote yourself to, then there is probably a t-shirt to match.
And that’s the thing about these slogans. All of them refer to an activity that one is passionate about. When I say that photography is life, yes, I do mean that it is a passion. But I also mean it literally, too. Photography is life, documented...
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Weekly Photography Podcast
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Should you give a piece of fine art photography as a gift? It isn't always the best idea since tastes differ. Today, I’ll show you why giving images with sentimental value is the best option. |
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Determination is the Key to Photography
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There are all kinds of things we can talk about when it comes to photography. Multitudes of techniques, basic to advanced camera controls, compositional rules, lighting, gear and even the artistic eye. There is post-processing, software, file storage and all of the other technical details. You can boil it down further and talk about papers and inks. There are many different elements and all of them
work together to create works of art in much the same way that a jigsaw puzzle’s pieces work together to form a whole. Without one element, one piece, the whole picture loses something... |
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How Stephen King’s Methodology Applies to Photography
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Stephen King’s On Writing is one of those required books that I had to read in cinematography class many years ago. While this book talks about the craft of writing, the pages are filled with insights that are applicable to just about everything. We photographers may not necessarily care so much about such things as grammar, dialogue and other technical elements that go along with the written word.
It is in King’s methodology that the real value is for photographers — and truly, creatives of all types... |
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Insights in the Way Painters Began Using Light
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There is a lot we can learn from history, particularly painters and other artists throughout the ages. One topic that I find endlessly fascinating is lighting and how it evolved throughout the centuries among painters. If you look back at the early Middle Ages and the High Middle Ages, a period spanning between roughly 400 AD and 1300 AD, you can see that paintings were dramatically different than
those produced in the Renaissance and modern eras... |
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Free Photography eBooks
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Free Photography eBooks
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