A good photo should have qualities of art in it. What do I mean? If you take photos and want others to enjoy your work, your own unique way of looking should be somewhere in the photo. That’s what I mean. It’s been a while since I thought seriously about colour photography. Today, I took […]
How to Photograph What Touches Your Heart
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 […]
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 […]
Saturday Night Selfie – Portrait Photography
In a portrait, I’m looking for the silence in somebody. Henri Cartier-Bresson Taking your own portrait is a difficult process. It’s like trying to be two different people. One busy person visualizing the empty space as filled with a sitter, and the other same person adjusting the camera settings, trying and failing with getting the […]
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 […]
How to Jack Up Your Fiction Dialogue
Creative writing comes from a deep well of thought. Here’s how to dig down into the subtext, and bring it to the surface. Whether you write fiction or non fiction, it always feels better when the words flow, and the mind is pumping out ideas faster than your fingers can type. You are on fire, […]
How Hard is it to Become a Successful Writer?
“How hard is it to become a successful writer?”, is a common question. The answer is simple. Firstly, I think it’s a question posed in a very general way, which makes it hard to define really what a person means when they ask this question. “How hard is to…”, is a common question from people […]