CLOSING THE GAP
byFrom my own experience as a photography educator and workshop leader, I have seen and heard this same scenario often—photographers describe their excitement for…
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HURRY UP & WAIT
bySo what exactly is a volume of work and how do you define it? For a large-format photographer, the idea of volume may be…
1 No Shortcuts To Mastery
byYousuf Karsh spent a lifetime perfecting his portrait lighting techniques. Here are Yousuf and me, graduation day, Dawson Institute of Photography, Montreal—at the beginning…
Seeing The Future
by“Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.” Henri Cartier-Bresson Photography is a bit like trying to see the future, to trigger the shutter before…
Quick Tour Through The Nikon Museum in Tokyo
byA quick tour through the Nikon Museum in Tokyo.
VOLUME, VOLUME,VOLUME: 10,000 HOURS: PRACTICE & PERSISTENCE
byIt wasn’t just the media; it seemed everyone at The Republican Convention in New York City, 2004, was taking pictures. This is one of…
ACTION PASSION: A BRAINSTORMING EXERCISE FOR STORY/PROJECT IDEAS
by“Pick a theme and work it to exhaustion…the subject must be something you truly love or truly hate.” Dorothea Lange What can’t you help…
The Photo Essay: A FRAMEWORK
byWe can learn from the classic photo essayists of the past. Many of the early photo stories in Life took a formulary approach. In…
1 THE WRITTEN COMPONENT
byIf photographers were better able to communicate with words, I’m sure many of us might be writers instead.
Winter In New York Passionate Photographer Workshop Added January 24-26, 2020.
byComing from Canada I’ve always embraced the winter and all the wonderful photo opportunities this cold season provides. New York City this time of…