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5 Unusual Habits of Successful Photographers. Top Story - January 2021.
The best photographers have a process. A workflow. They’ve developed habits that enable them to produce consistently high-quality pictures, almost every time. Some of those habits may seem a bit unusual to the rest of us.
By Gary McBrine5 years ago in Photography
Where the Mountains Become Home
Nestled between Utah Lake and the Wasatch Front mountain range of Northern Utah is the city of Provo. As a self-proclaimed Idaho "native," I'm somewhat reluctant to admit that I was actually born in Provo. I was too young to remember living here, but since moving back for school, the mountains have become a symbol of home for me again.
By Oliver Dahl5 years ago in Photography
Gary, IN USA
I live in the shitty part of Chicagoland - where regular people lock their car doors when they drive through. You know the places - where people of color live on streets named after Ceasar Chavez or Martin Luther King. We don't even have those roads here but people still get scared. I'm not saying that racism doesn't exist here because we're all the same - it sure as fuck does - but here, in Gary, IN, USA, it's like Detroit. You don't want to be here if you got a choice.
By Julian Grant5 years ago in Photography
5 Twitter Photographers You'll Want To Electrify Your Aesthetic
I see there was some connection with my Twitter artists article (see here), so I decided that since I have so many like-minded devourers of Art . . . I would continue the trend by introducing you to some amazing contributors to Photo Twitter! These photographers can do it all: twist your perception, edge the darkest line of fantasy, swim along the brightest stream of light, and bend reality. All that, just in one photo? It's more likely than you think.
By Delise Fantome5 years ago in Photography
Everyday Atlanta
As a native of Atlanta,GA, I have spent the last 3 years using my photojournalism practice to highlight and celebrate the narratives of the everyday working class Black American in my hometown. The vainness of society has made us to believe that material assets, social status, and professions are the determinants of value. My work combats this by celebrating the everyday man on woman on their journey through the American system. This work is a celebration of the beautiful souls I’ve come across in my neighborhood who add value to this world simply by existing. The working class Black American is the fabric to the culture of Atlanta. These photographs serve as the liaison to showcase the natural elegance, grace, and cool that we naturally exude. And a love letter to my neighborhood.
By Rita Harper5 years ago in Photography
A Longing and Near Disabling Affinity for Home
Anyone that knows me is aware of my longing and near disabling affinity for nostalgia. A story for another time—but for an extreme example—I literally have a 90s video store museum I built in my spare bedroom. To anyone who will listen to me ramble—though there are not many—I constantly say that we are long past our prime as a society. Sure maybe in certain social aspects have progressed, but in a lot of ways I feel we’ve become more emotional and less mature. Combining that with the insane influx of technology that has flooded our lives over the past twenty years, often makes me retreat to my video store and leave my cell phone outside of it. Instead I have over 200 VHS tapes or a PS2 with tons of games, or maybe I can just read a comic book and escape. It’s important to me, nostalgia and the places that surround the good memories. You see it isn’t just the object—like an old toy or VHS tape—that brings me nostalgia, but the place. So I have these very deep and unexplainable bonds to places that have served as the base for some of my happiest memories. So in asking myself why have I lived in St. Augustine, Florida for so long—22 years out of my 26—do I continue to remain? The answer—I think—can be found in the following photos.
By Dylan R. Nix5 years ago in Photography
The other side of San Diego
The other side of San Diego is a photography project I am publishing this year about the margins of San Diego a lifestyle of particular communities; Chicano gang life and the stories of those persons really living that lifestyle.
By Chomes Matic6195 years ago in Photography
Focal
The phrase, "The brain is an amazing thing.", is said too many times, so I will say it again with a twist, the brain is an amazingly weird thing when you are me. It will look for anything to do for any small bit of action or entertainment. Humans are social animals for a reason and the Pandemic is a great display of that fact. People are willing to put their health on the lines to talk to others--especially during the holidays. I do not see the point of that and was happy to stay home and relax from school and work. It was the perfect paradise for me...well in the beginning at least.
By Lakise Chambers5 years ago in Photography
What Photography Taught Me
Photography is a wonderful creative outlet to express your thoughts, feelings and vision. I always loved taking pictures ever since I was young but didn't start pursuing it professionally until 2 years ago; something I wish I had started sooner. As someone who is all about photography and photographs, I've learned throughout the past few years many valuable skills that come from photography and I want to share them with you.
By Lisa Bourgeault5 years ago in Photography
Winter Photography
It was early January 2017 when I took this photo. Along with at least several others. The temperature outside was around 10 to 20 degrees below 0. But the surrounding areas looked like an actual winter wonderland. The sky was fairly clear. And all the white snow and ice glittered in the sunlight. Despite the rather bitter cold. The scenery was beautiful. Only a foolish photographer, hobbyist or professional, would let a chance like this slip by. And it was all close to home for me. But there was one slight problem in my case. My car didn't exactly have snow tires. So a friend of mine took some time out of his day to give me a ride on my short but sweet expedition. So I grabbed my camera. Dressed myself as warmly as I could before setting out on the short drive.
By Matthew Sposato5 years ago in Photography
