Category: creativity
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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreHow 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…
Read MoreI 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…
Read MoreDon’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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreKnow 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…
Read MoreCreativity And Photography
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”11417″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_border” onclick=”link_image”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Photography + Creativity = A good Photo On one side of the equation you have photography, in this part you should have mastered your camera, you should know how to use shutter speed, aperture, and iso , you have taken good bokeh photos already and know when to use…
Read MoreThe Technical And The Creative Photographer
What you say? Arent they the same creature? An emphatically big NO is the answer. They are different species of creatures evolved from different evolutionary paths since back millions of years ago when we were all monkeys. The technical fellow is like a robot, he or she can not go out from the established path…
Read MoreHow To Be Creative In Photography #2
We all do not want to expose our very deep and holy thoughts to the world BUT there is no other way to take unique and one of a kind photos, they have to be an expression of your most inner self, and that is why they’ll be unique because you are the only person in…
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