Theory vs. Reality: How Photographers Actually Spend Their Time
vía Jorge Quinteros [https://twitter.com/#!/jorgeq/status/132652431183052801]
Press Photographers Going Lesser
Another article [http://www.techradar.com/news/photography-video-capture/cameras/compact-cameras-and-the-press-1036986] about the benefits of smaller cameras (via Philip Grocott): > Press photographers are increasingly coming to rely upon compact cameras, and in some extreme cases, mobile phones, to get pictures.
Tips from the Top Floor
I am honored to be on the latest episode of Chris Marquardt’s excellent podcast Tips from the Top Floor. Download the episode here [http://www.tipsfromthetopfloor.com/2011/11/05/tfttf523-a-lesser-photographer/]. Chris is one of the pros who gets it. If you’re a TFTTF fan who’s new
"I Just Want to Capture Images"
PDN [http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/features/Compact-Cameras-Kee-3921.shtml] explores the many positives of using a small cameras: > “When I was younger, I thought it was cool to look like a photographer, but now that I’m older, I just want to capture images, so I try to do
Comfort Is Where Art Goes To Die
Comfort is where art goes to die.
Comparisons
No photographer has arrived, it’s all a journey and everyone needs to get better. Never get discouraged by the photographers who seem to be leaps and bounds beyond your capabilities. They’re not. You’ve gone down a unique path with your life that no one else can duplicate.
Storytellers
Photography classes would be better served with textbooks like the forthcoming book from photographer Jerod Foster, Storytellers [http://www.jerodfoster.com/2011/10/20/new-book-announcement-storytellers/]: > Sprinkled among the 288 pages are numerous tips, anecdotes, and exercises to help challenge readers to push their storytelling abilities. To me, that could
Veteran Japanese Photographer Daido
Veteran Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daid%C5%8D_Moriyama] explains why he prefers compact cameras (via Hanna Cho [http://hannacho.blogspot.com/]):
The Lytro Camera
The talk of the web today was the new Lytro Camera [https://www.lytro.com/camera]: > By substituting powerful software for many of the internal parts of regular cameras, light field processing introduces new capabilities that were never before possible. Sophisticated algorithms use the full light field to unleash
Amateurs Rule
From Hugh MacLeod’s Ignore Everybody and 39 Other Keys to Creativity [http://gapingvoid.com/ie/]: > Art suffers the moment other people start paying for it. The more you need the money, the more people will tell you what to do. The less control you will have. The more