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The More You Practice the Luckier You Get
The more I practice the luckier I get. It sounds like false modesty. It is actually one of the most precise descriptions of how creative skill develops that anyone has ever put into words.
The Day My Hard Drive Died and What It Taught Me
I have been working on a new backup strategy. Last week the external SSD holding my black and white photo library corrupted without warning. The recovery process is still ongoing. Here is what that experience taught me about the photographs we take for granted.
The Problem With Portfolio Reviews
The photography portfolio review industry is built on a promise it rarely keeps. Not because the reviewers are bad but because the model is wrong. Here is what actually works.
You Have Not Lost Your Inspiration. You Have Lost the Signal.
Every photographer has felt it. The creative flatness. The sense that something has gone. But inspiration does not actually go anywhere. Here is what is really happening and how to find your way back.
Weekly News Roundup
Kodak drops six new films, Martin Parr's first posthumous show opens in Paris, and Panasonic and Viltrox both have announcements worth paying attention to this week.
The Idolatry of Sharpness
Someone used the phrase idolatry of sharpness recently and it stopped me in my tracks. Because it is exactly right. We have turned sharpness into a false god and photography is worse for it.
A Photo Story: Built on Ashes
Oxford, Mississippi is a town in the middle of remaking itself. Dason Pettit has spent years watching it happen, and somewhere along the way realized the project was also about him.
The Most Interesting Photographs Are Made by The Most Interested Photographers
The most interesting photographs are almost never made by the most technically skilled photographers. They are made by the most curious ones. There is a difference worth understanding.
Are Long Exposures Only for Landscape Photography?
Most photographers think long exposure belongs to the landscape. Alexey Titarenko spent the 1990s proving otherwise, and the results are some of the most haunting photographs ever made.
Does your camera know how to laugh?
Street photography takes itself very seriously. Too seriously. Here is how to find the funny, why it matters, and why the best comic photographs are made by people who are paying very close attention.
Zone Focusing: The Fastest Way to Never Miss a Shot
Zone focusing sounds technical. It is not. It is one of the most useful things a street photographer can learn and Dave Herring explains it better than almost anyone.
A Photo Story: Cuba 25 Years Ago
Twenty five years ago, Eduardo Cerda Sanchez boarded a plane to Cuba. He was not going as a photographer with a project. He was going as a student, with a camera, three months, and no agenda. Cuba, it turns out, does not need a photographer with a project. It just needs one willing to show up.