passion is a powerful feeling. It can drive a human being to great lengths, climb mountains, cross deserts — and keep going to the goal when there’s no water left, no food, but only hope to keep the spirit pushing at the last remnants of strength a body might have. Passion is all inside, it gets us […]
Archives for July 2019
How You can become a Good Writer
“You don’t start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it’s good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it.” That’s why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.” ― Octavia E. Butler Taking the Plunge Being a writer is a confusing path to take in life. To choose […]
Professional Photography and the Fast Art of Business
“Everyone is a photographer”,seems to be the thing to say when a professional photographer wants to offer their services. We all have the means with which to take a photograph these days. But really, does that make everybody professional? If you own a really powerful car that will hit 160 mph in a few seconds, […]
Tips to Make your Portrait Photography Pop with Greatness
Taking good portraits can be a challenging job — especially for a beginner photographer. Here are few tips and ideas that will definitely create an upgrade in your thinking and approach to portrait photography. Whether you are shooting your first professional portraits, or are keen on getting some really great shots of friends and family, […]
Learning to Think with the Lens
Your view of life in Frames Looking through the lens means that we see the world in a framed view. As a photographer you are making decisions about how to frame what you see, and how you want others to perceive the object that you have chosen. “It is difficult to see the picture when you are […]
Making sense of the Jungle — Street Photography
Mar 9 Dealing with Street Fear Fear. That’s a feeling that many street photographers have to deal with. Walking, looking, seeing something worth investigating, keeping. Then framing the shot, ready to click. Then the face of a person staring into the lens like a jungle cat weighing up its prey. A passerby who cut a fine […]
Photography and the Art of Seeing the World
Sean P. Durham First published on Medium.com “The camera is an instrument that teaches people to see without a camera.” Dorothea Lange Diane Arbus Digital life has changed everything, including photography and how we take photos. Everybody can take a photo, just pick up a plastic cased digi-machine and point and shoot. The results appear to […]
Having Faith in Yourself as a Writer
“Do not worry. You have always written before and you will write now. All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.” Ernest Hemingway When Hemingway wrote that snippet into his own notebook, he was telling himself that he is a writer, that he knows this to be true […]