Beating Gear Acquisition Syndrome
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Beating Gear Acquisition Syndrome

Almost every photographer I know suffers at least slightly. Understanding gear acquisition syndrome or GAS, is important if you want to stay in charge of your photography. In 1998 at age 90, the photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, who was decidedly middle class and used a Leica, observed to the acclaimed and occasionally sharp photographer Helmut Newton:…

How to Take Better Photographs using a Shared Visual Language

How to Take Better Photographs using a Shared Visual Language

A Shared Visual Language The premise of this article is that understanding and absorbing visual patterns will help you to share a common visual language and take better photographs. Let me explain. When I was at film school, I was frustrated by what I perceived to be the relegation of technical skills in favour of…

Successful Street Photography for Introverts

Successful Street Photography for Introverts

For some people, the idea of street photography is a trigger for excruciating self consciousness and massive anxiety. Indeed, street photography for introverts can be as painful as a trip to the dentist. Personally, I’m more afraid of dentists than I am of people, but approaching strangers is definitely out of my comfort zone. The…

Seamlessly Switching Genres in Photography
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Seamlessly Switching Genres in Photography

Switching genres in Photography is not quite as simple as you might hope. In this post, I’m going to talk about the importance of being open to learning, retaining objectivity about your own skill levels as a photographer and the importance of being open to learning entirely new skills. Switching genres is a great way…

Ultimate Guide to Taking Sharp Landscape Photographs
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Ultimate Guide to Taking Sharp Landscape Photographs

This post takes us through the steps required to get perfectly sharp landscape photographs from front to back and side to side. I’ve been using various techniques, including focus stacking in Photoshop, increasingly in my landscape photography. Always with the same goal. To create an image that is sharp where I need it to be…