Comments on: A Crazy Idea

By: Leaving a rut – Matthew Connors Photography

Leaving a rut – Matthew Connors Photography — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:07:48 +0000

[...] When I hit a photographic rut I find that the best remedy for me is to grab a camera, 1 lens begin banging the shutter. Most of what I shoot will be in my Mac’s trash the next day, but the exercise seems to awaken my creativity and get me thinking in angles, light, DOF, and shutter speeds again. I’ve begun to intermingle personal projects or small challenges with these rut-jumping excursions. Goals may pics of rural images, monochrome-only pics, speedlight portraits of my family, related images for diptychs, etc. David duChemin had a wonderful post on the simplest way to improve your skills and vision HERE. [...]

By: crisantoap

crisantoap — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 10:30:22 +0000

superb…

By: Arija

Arija — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 00:00:57 +0000

When the student is ready, the teacher appears . . .
since I got my SLR, about two years ago, it has been permanently grafted to my hand. It even keeps me company in bed for who knows what wonders I will wake up to . . .reflected sunrise in a window, a bird gathering moths or a kangaroo looking in at me. My photos spill over the capacity of my two computers into external hard drives, still I know the reason I took every one of them and can see the improvements over time. Only Allah is perfect and I have no ambition to unseat any deity, I just find so much in nature that is beautiful.

Your advice as always is spot on.

By: stripping. « broke 207

stripping. « broke 207 — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:41:54 +0000

[...] 19 04 2010 so i read this really excellent article the other day about how to be a better photographer, which is weird because i don’t have any [...]

By: On Gear – ray deng

On Gear – ray deng — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:03:42 +0000

[...] the gear you have to take better pictures. That is to say, I am against the “gearism” myth that better (or the latest, greatest) gear will render you better [...]

By: uncovery

uncovery — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 05:43:13 +0000

How can you write something like that? Are you mad? Are you saying I just should take my Rollei 35 my dad gave me, some B&W film and shoot? You are ruining the industry! You are destroying this country (and Japan)! Don’t you ever think you would be getting me into this. I know exactly that my self-esteem as a photographer is held up by the fact that I can blame my equipment for my pictures, knowing they will be better once I shell out another 1k for a camera or a lens!

(that was sarcasm btw. fully agree to your post)

By: Going Back to Basics «

Going Back to Basics « — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:21:58 +0000

[...] 5, 2010 by accentphoto A friend from a photography forum shared this post recently. It’s about how we – as photographers – can easily get caught up in the [...]

By: LaRae Lobdell

LaRae Lobdell — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:16:37 +0000

Did you hear that? That was me shouting “amen” from the back row!

By: Stephen McCullough

Stephen McCullough — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 14:06:22 +0000

You would be rendering a great service to photography and photographers if this entry was re-posted regularly – say once a quarter.

Of course, you may leave a few manufacturers sulking in the short term.

By: The Week In Links: April 2nd, 2010 | Paul Glover Photography Blog

The Week In Links: April 2nd, 2010 | Paul Glover Photography Blog — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 06:03:42 +0000

[...] duChemin had a crazy idea this week. Become a better photographer by not buying loads of gear. Thom Hogan is riffing on the [...]