Don’t Try To Be An Artist

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”11727″ img_size=”700×400″ add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow” onclick=”link_image”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Don’t try to be an artist it’s better to learn to know yourself and bring that out and express it. Don’t try to be a photographer, instead be a thief and steal images from reality that make you feel sad or happy or surprised, but if your goal is to…

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The Rules Of Creativity

There’s only one rule in creativity: Rule #1 Do not follow any rules Rules are like walls or roads that will take you to a certain place, and it’s probably populated by millions of photographers. Creativity to flourish needs freedom of not having anything in front, it needs  clear runway in order to take off and fly, it…

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How to Be Creative In Photography #3

Check what everybody is doing and by everybody i mean the new thing in photography and don’t do it, run and do the opposite, just like Mr. Chesterton said, the idea is to not be diluted by the crowd, the idea is to be unique and you will not be unique if you do what…

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Jay Maisel

Jay Maisel (born January 18, 1931, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American photographer. His awards include the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the American Society of Media Photographers, and the Infinity Award of the International Center of Photography. Maisel studied painting and graphic design at Manhattan’s Cooper Union and at Yale University and became a photographer in 1954. ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-…

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I Don’t Care

“I don’t care. I really don’t. At the end of the day, all I want to do is look at great photographs. This isn’t a contest to see who can make it the hardest to get a great shot. The result is what matters. I don’t really care if you use Photoshop or iPhoto or…

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Don’t Try To Stand Out From The Crowd; Avoid Crowds Altogether.

The title of this post is taken from chapter 12 of the book “Ignore Everybody” and 39 other keys to creativity. From Author Hugh Macleod. I like this book because the author is very honest and straight to the point and i agree with almost all his thoughts on creativity. Basically what he says is…

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The Problem With Beautiful Photos

Photography has evolved in Gigante leaps, and i am not talking about cameras, i am talking about the photos, the photos taken in the 40s 70s and even 90s cannot be compared to the photos of today, what is the difference you ask? The difference is that today you can take very beautiful photos with a…

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Know Yourself

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Why is it important to know yourself? because in yourself there’s a treasure only accessible by you, in yourself there is the one characteristic needed to be a great photographer, and that characteristic is your very personal way of looking at the world, at people at everything, so the more you let your inner self come…

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The Devils

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”11600″ img_size=”500×300″ add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow” onclick=”link_image”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] I heard some music coming from outside so I looked out the window, I could not believe what i was seeing, there was a bunch of devils dancing it was like a party, they looked like they were having a great time, so I call my wife i yelled…

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