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When Pros Attack
I got the feeling there was a coordinated attack on Lesser Photography this week. It started with a poorly researched article on Yahoo, More Americans Becoming Serious Photographers [http://news.yahoo.com/more-americans-becoming-serious-photographers-193239546.html] , which equated buying more lenses with becoming a more serious photographer. It was parroted [http://www.
How to be Critiqued
Over the past two years, many photographers have written to me asking for a critique of their work. Flickr groups abound for crowd-sourced critiques. Magazines run regular features for reader critiques. Some pros even charge for their critiquing services. It’s only natural to want to know what other think
The following photographs are no longer needed
* Sunsets * Fireworks * Waterfalls * Trails * Breakfast, lunch, dinner * Lattes * Leaves on branches (even in autumn) * Dew-covered flowers * Anyplace with a gift shop * Anything with its own postcard rack * Portraits of wrinkly faces (just because they’re wrinkly) * Concerts with more than 25 attendees * Rain on windows * Celebrities * Area 51 * Anything that’
Photographers and Phashionistas
Here’s to the Phashionistas: * to the ones who wear a camera to compliment their scarves and skinny jeans * to the ones who agonize over the number of compartments in their bags * to the ones who wouldn’t be caught dead with black lenses on their Canons * to the ones
On the Right Track
I looked up the definition of art today: > “Art: the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination.” And I was so ready to read about cloud services, “glass” and going pro.
The Lure of Diminishing Returns
Keith Green [http://www.keithphotog.com/] points us to this New York Times article [http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/20/kwaku-alstons-rebirth-in-venice/?hp] on Kwaku Alston: > “‘I just got back to basics,’ said Mr. Alston, 40, who has divided his time between Venice and New York for nearly