Darryl Brooks
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I am a writer with over 16 years of experience and hundreds of articles. I write about photography, productivity, life skills, money management and much more.
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So, You Want to Shoot With the Big Kids
As you go around with your little point and shoot camera, you may see people with their big fancy digital SLR cameras and all the lenses and flashes and think you need one of those. But how do you move from the little camera you know, to one with all the fancy knobs and switches? That is what this article is all about. I will describe a migration path from shooting with a point and shoot to taking pictures with a DSLR.
By Darryl Brooks5 years ago in Photography
How to Finally Stop Being So Overwhelmed
You wake with a start as that panicky feeling takes hold. All of the things you need to do today, or That One Big Thing that is happening later overwhelm you into a state of paralysis. You’re not sure what job to do first, so you flail around trying to attack multiple things at once, or worse, do nothing.
By Darryl Brooks5 years ago in Motivation
How to Book Your First Cruise
For the two decades before 2020, we took between one and five cruises a year. Obviously, we haven't cruised for the past year, and probably won't real soon. But I am waiting anxiously for the vaccine to get widespread coverage so we can book another one. If you are looking to book your first one, this article will help.
By Darryl Brooks5 years ago in Wander
How to Use Notion: Day One
Notion is probably the most amazing productivity tool to come on the market since the spreadsheet. Certainly, it’s the most amazing since Evernote, and that’s been ten years. But on first opening it up, most people, including myself, look at the screen and wonder what to do next.
By Darryl Brooks5 years ago in Lifehack
How to Kill It With Your Portrait Photography
Photo by Aravind Kumar on Unsplash One of the most common types of photography is portraiture. Whether shooting snaps of your family, people on the street, or formal studio portraits, this genre requires a certain mindset and techniques to be successful. I have shot individual portraits, and I have shot 80 corporate headshots in a two-day marathon. These five critical skills apply to any type of portraiture
By Darryl Brooks5 years ago in Photography
How To Master Your New Camera From Day One
So, you decided to up your photography game with a new camera. Maybe you’ve been using a point-and-shoot, or just your cellphone to take pictures. But you wanted to take professional-looking photographs, so you bought a brand new DSLR or mirrorless camera.
By Darryl Brooks5 years ago in Photography
How to Shoot Fantastic Portraits with a $1 Lighting Setup
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was one of the original Dutch Masters, and although he painted a wide variety of subjects, he is best known for his iconic portraits. He is also known for lighting his subjects with window light in a particular way, that has come to bear his name.
By Darryl Brooks5 years ago in Photography
Five Ways to Market Your Photography
As a photographer, just like any business person, you have to market. Marketing is just as important when you are busy with existing clients as it is when you are starting. There is no quicker way to let a business dry up than thinking you are too busy to market. Here are five ways to market your photography.
By Darryl Brooks5 years ago in Photography
Pigwell
In Pigwell, time isn’t measured by days or weeks but by the number of eighteen-wheelers that drive past our house. That’s how I know when the weekends come and go. There isn’t as much trucking between Dilley and Carrizo Springs on the weekend, but at night, you can hear them run up and down I-35 to Laredo and back. My Ma and me still have to get up before dawn every day and tend to the hogs and goats and chickens we keep, weekends or not.
By Darryl Brooks5 years ago in Families
