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…
Passion Book Revised & Remastered
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…
THE WRITTEN COMPONENT
byIf photographers were better able to communicate with words, I’m sure many of us might be writers instead.
TWO PILES
by“The hair on the back of you neck will stand up and you’ll know your project.”
YOUR STORY
byAccess really is everything, and it helps maximize your shooting possibilities and strengthen the work.
MEETINGS
byYamhill, Oregon (population 790) City Council, April 9, 2003. ©Paul Shambroom When I first encountered Paul Shambroom’s photographs, it was quite by accident. I was…
PERSONAL CHALLENGES
bySome projects are about photographers challenging themselves. Many pursuea photo-a-day project, posting on social media channels or blogs. Nature photographer Jim Brandenburg took the…
THE CAUSE
byThere are a lot of different passions under the photography umbrella. Maybe none stronger than passion for a cause. There was arguably no one…
THE IDEA IS EVERYTHING
by“If at first an idea does not sound absurd, then there is no hope for it.” Albert Einstein When I came across that quote…
