ESSENTIALS For Photographers

The Top 10% Club and the $10,000 Gig

May 8, 2017, 9:17 am

I discuss the 10% rule. It’s easy to get to 50% in your art. Then it gets progressively harder. Breaking into the 80% is hard, and many photographers work to stay in that group hoping to push into the...

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How To Find Your Style (Video)

May 9, 2017, 10:00 am

How to Find Your Style in Photography. We find it looking back at our output, not ahead at someone else’s. Imitate. Assimilate. Innovate. – Clark Terry It is not what you shoot, it is how you shoot...

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I Nearly Destroyed Two Vintage Cameras in One Stupid Move

May 11, 2017, 9:40 am

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Second Guessing the Art Director… Don’t Do It

May 12, 2017, 10:00 am

There are two parts. 1. Don’t shoot images you think art directors or clients WANT to see because you will be wrong more often than right. There is no aesthetic that everyone wants to see. So be...

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“You go where you look…”

May 14, 2017, 3:53 pm

ON a motorcycle or in life, what we see in front of us will draw us in. Don’t focus on the negativity or the problems, focus on the solutions and the positivity all around you. It works… it really...

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Best of Project 52: May 14th, 2017 Edition

May 15, 2017, 10:00 am

A new ongoing feature on Lighting Essentials; Best of Project 52. Project 52 has so many wonderful images posted each week and I want to feature the best of the best here for you to enjoy. Whether it...

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Charge What It’s Worth… Or Shoot it For Free

May 17, 2017, 10:00 am

A gift is a gift. If you want to gift your photography, I have nothing to say about it. Your right and good for you for gifting your gift. When you pull the plug on pricing, you bring everyone else...

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