It’s that time of the year when photographers should look back on the year that was and look forward to the year that can be. Here are a few practical and inspirational tips to improve your photography. 1. Spend more time working with the gear that you have rather than
New Year’s resolutions are easy to come up with but sometimes hard to keep. This is the third and final day that I am sharing the 31 New Year resolutions that Rich Harrington wrote up two years ago. The links will take you to his articles which contain videos discussing
New Year’s resolutions are easy to come up with but sometimes hard to keep. The next 10 regulations from the 31 New Year resolutions that Rich Harrington wrote up two years ago. The links will take you to his articles which contain videos discussing each resolution. They are still excellent
New Year’s resolutions are easy to come up with but sometimes hard to keep. For the next three days, I will share 31 New Year resolutions that Rich Harrington wrote up two years ago. The links will take you to his articles which contain videos discussing each resolution. They are
Success comes in many forms. For the pro photographer, success might mean meeting a specific level of income or doing a certain number of paid shoots. For the enthusiast, it might be learning a specific skill or doing a 365 challenge. No matter what success looks like for you, setting
Learn every day. You don’t know what you don’t know and learning is going to unlock these skills. 15 minutes a day should be spent on learning a new skill. Bare minimum. Give up some television, get up 15 minutes early. It doesn’t matter. You can make the time every
This one’s important to me, and I think you need to try it as well. Volunteer and make a real difference. Work with youth My volunteering is with the Boy Scouts of America. My son and daughter are both in the Scouts BSA program, and my son is also
It would be best if you acknowledged ignorance, and I don’t mean to acknowledge the people that you find difficult or tell people they’re ignorant on Facebook. What I mean is realize that there is a lot left to learn. Set reasonable goals I talk to people all the time
Creativity goes hand in hand with copyright. It’s the foundation for everything that we do. You need to understand copyright, and nothing is more critical to your success longterm than understanding what this means when it comes to copyright. It’s about control, and you can decide to give up that
If RAW video is not an option, the next best thing is shooting log or logarithmic because it gives you a lot more flexibility. With log, it’s all about control. It gives you more flexibility and capture because it’s going to make sure that you don’t crush the shadows or
Every video and photo job can benefit from the practice of project management. It lets you take control. Formal study There’s a lot of great books and video courses available on project management. This is the formal study of project management, the actual business practices. Here’s an excerpt of one
It’s time to master RAW. It’s both the now and the future. This is such high quality, and for photography, it is the standard. I realize that there are a few shooters that need to shoot JPEG, but change your workflow. Photography now I used to think that I had
