CJ Chilvers With Honest Advice for Amateur Photographers
I did an interview recently about power of amateur photographers.
Do Artists Need Websites?
I got a little tired of reading about how photographers no longer need websites thanks to the abundance of social networks. So, I wrote this rant up on my…gasp…personal blog.
Do Artists Need Websites?
No, by all means, rely on VC-backed, advertiser-controlled social networks and third party services to deliver your voice for you. Rely on people you don't know, compelled by motives contrary to your own, to serve ads to your viewers and snoop on their meta data. Be sure to
Welcome new readers
I see that Craft & Vision is having a sale on the A Lesser Photographer book [http://craftandvision.com/products/a-lesser-photographer] and traffic is beginning to spike around here. Welcome! My preferred method of keeping in touch with readers is my newsletter [http://alesserphotographer.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=17ac74e26fc4e20c4b566f584&
Value Your Time and Buy More Books
It’s the one-year anniversary of the A Lesser Photographer book [http://craftandvision.com/collections/cjchilvers/products/a-lesser-photographer] being released by Craft & Vision (they released it recently on Kindle [http://amzn.to/1OkouNf] as well). It seems like a good time to revisit why it’s a book at
Small Rebellions
I was walking through my local arboretum’s Christmas lights festival with my family, and a few thousand others, when I noticed a group of photographers standing in front of a tree filled with red blinking lights. They weren’t taking pictures. Their lenses weren’t even pointed at anything
All You Need Is 1
You don’t need a certain number of followers, a “passive income,” a “monetization strategy” or “1000 true fans [http://alesserphotographer.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=17ac74e26fc4e20c4b566f584&id=8f94b94dbd&e=f8ff271d01] ” to justify sharing your work. All you need is 1. 1 person liked my writing enough
A Lesser Photographer Now Available for Kindle
Craft & Vision rarely releases Kindle versions of their books, but they’re making an exception in my case. I redesigned book specifically for Kindle without the illustrations of the “heavier” PDF version. It’s just a quick, easy read you can take with you wherever. Please take a moment
This Week in Photography Family Podcast #24
I appeared on the TWiP Family podcast [http://thisweekinphoto.com/twip-family-024-cj-chilvers-on-being-a-lesser-photographer/] to discuss the importance of snapshots and why family photos clarify what's important about photography.
The Only Photographer You Should Compare Yourself
> “The only photographer you should compare yourself to is the one you used to be.” — Anonymous (via Craft&Vision [https://twitter.com/CraftAndVision/status/659014867890929665])