Photography is an exciting activity. Mostly for the person behind the camera, but we hope it will turn out to be an enjoyable and thoughtful moment for the person who looks at the photos. I live in the city. But I often have the urge to take landscape photos, so I travel to the nearby […]
Black & White Woodland Photography in Berlin’s Forests
Seven Black & White Photos of a Forest landscape in Berlin. Landscape photography is challenging – especially if you’ve spent a lot of time in a city environment, and been working on your street photography more often than looking at trees, and fields, and lakes. I live in Berlin. It’s a great city, the architecture […]
Thinking about Street Photography as a Business?
Street photography as a career isn’t the best option. Mainly because street photography is a very personal thing. Personal ideas are the stuff of good business. On the other hand, any type of photography as a career move, seems to be tough to get into to. There are various opinions about why photography is difficult […]
Fedoras, Trilbies & Stingy Hats with Style
One thing I discovered about wearing beautiful fedoras, trilbies and other hats, like the peaked flat cap, is that when I’m out and about taking photos, I need to wear a stingy hat. Lifting the camera up to my face, quickly trying to capture a moment on the street, and the camera bangs into the […]
Look at these Sketches and Photos that Turned into Precious Moments
Sketches and Photos I will always cherish each painting and photo, they are sign posts along the way of life. Sketches and Photos Creativity is as natural to a human being as eating, to obstruct your own creative effectiveness, to block the desire, is to create a sickness in the mind that psychologists have recognised as […]
Write for the Masses- but be Specific About It
Iris Murdoch said that good art, whatever its style, has the qualities of hardness, firmness, detachment, realism, clarity, justice, and truth. She also went on to mention that the above can only be the product of a mind that is free, unfettered, with an uncorrupted imagination. In all, that’s one statement. Often, when we look at […]
How Your Fictional Story Ideas Always Come with a Dark Horse
Characters always have something to say. You just have to keep your ears open. A story can be a sweet thing that grows in the mind. It becomes colourful, and active. If you ignore the work of actual writing, it’ll become a nagging beast that will finally start to bite and nip at your heels. It’s […]
Street Photography, the Decisive Moment, and Creative Thinking
Street Photography, the Decisive Moment in your photography, and Creative thinking all takes time and practice. The more we learn to engage with the subjects, and the objects that we see out on the street, the more focussed we become.Street photography is one of the best ways to practice your photography skills. It makes you […]