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At Home: “zigzag”

Today was day two of my project and I definitely found myself in a more relaxed state of mind about the whole thing. Probably because I had a few "go to" subjects I could revisit today after exploring quite a few options yesterday...

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The Top Five Best Books on Composition in Photography

Learning the skill of how to make an image, how to design your image by teaching yourself composition will lay the foundation for creating great and beautiful images. Teaching yourself composition to the extent that it becomes second nature will leave you free to concentrate on the other ingredients that need to into your image to make it great...

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Ten Ways to Improve Your Craft. None of Them Involve Buying Gear

Ten Ways To Improve Your Craft Without Buying Gear is a 32 page PDF Ebook by photographer David duChemin and it's all about becoming a better photographer. While much of the online education about photography is full of fluff TEN has received enthusiastic reception all over the world for being passionate, insightful, and full of real-world wisdom for creating compelling photographs...

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Photo Critique No. 1 – “Fishing in Paradise”

Welcome to the premiere of the weekly photo critique at Photography 24/7. Carolyn Fletcher from Eufaula, Oklahoma in the US was quick off the mark submitting this truly beautiful image which she has entitled “Fishing in Paradise”. Thank you very much to Carolyn for offering up her image for the weekly photo critique. I have been looking at this [...]

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Interview with Tony Sweet

After 20 years as a professional jazz artist, Tony Sweet changed careers and directed his creative juices towards nature photography. Tony is a 'Nikon Legend Behind the Lens', a member of 'Team Nik' (NikSoftware) and a 'Lensbaby Guru'. His fine art prints are exhibited in private and corporate collections throughout the United States, and he is represented by The Getty Picture Agency. Today, Tony’s work is published on greeting cards, calendars, post cards, posters, annual reports, catalogs and various electronic mediums.

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15 Fine Flickr Examples of Lensbaby Images

There is an incredible amount of excellent, creative photography to be viewed on flickr. It’s simply mind boggling to think about all the creative talent that’s out there. Today I looked through hundreds and hundreds of different Lensbaby shots on flickr with the intention to make another ‘15 Fine Flickrs’ compilation. There were many beautiful images [...]

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The Life of a (Cowboy) Photograph

In this post I wrote about Sam Abell’s great photo book The Life of a Photograph. In this video Sam Abell talks about his book and the picture that his peer photographers most admire. The picture in question can be found on page 11 in the book. It is an amazingly complex – yet superbly constructed [...]

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August Snaps 27 August

“Light Magic.” Photography is about light, right? This was quite a fun image to make. It was made at my main work place where I have the chance to watch how the light changes in this particular area depending on how high or how low the sun is in the sky. It is most interesting when the [...]

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August Snaps 23 August

“Moon Power.” Allright, allright, not exactly the most inventive title, I admit, but I feel a little unsinspired with regards to titles tonight. Today I’m about 3/4 way through my August Snaps project. It’s been a lot of fun shooting with my compact camera and I would encourage you to consider a serious compact camera if [...]

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