A Photography Assignment – Focus On Being Unfocused
[assignment-snippet] This assignment, if you choose to accept it, will question and examine your use of focus as an element of composition. As photographers we spend a lot of time trying to get things in focus. Why? Do we want to show the fine detail of what we’re photographing. Do we impose a “focus rule” [...]
Flash Photography And The Law
Did you know that there is a law that we should be aware of when we use our flash? This law applies to ALL flashes; the pop up flash on your camera and the, usually more powerful, separate flash unit that works off of your hot-shoe. If you don’t know about this law, it could [...]
Do Photography Critiques Help? It Depends.
You must look at your own photographs with a cool, critical eye and if the person giving the critique is more interested in your photography than their own, then you’ll leave with useful information on how to improve your photography.
Photography Critiques
The truth of the matter is that giving a useful critique on subjective matter, like someone else’s photography, requires a collaboration, or dialogue, between the one giving the critique and the one being critiqued.
What Makes A Photographer?
According to this quote by Claude Adams, luckily it’s not our camera. “Having a camera makes you no more a photographer than having a hammer and some nails makes you a carpenter.” – Claude Adams