What Is Art
Mark Rothko, born Markus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz, was an American painter of Russian Jewish descent. Although Rothko himself refused to adhere to any art movement, he is generally identified as an abstract expressionist. Wikipedia The art work on the left is a painting made by mr Rothko, and as the Wikipedia description of the artist says he…
Read MoreBe Original, Think For Yourself
Imitating is something we all do but should not do because it’s the opposite of being yourself, and the only way to be good at photography is if you take your own photos not like somebody else you admire. Example of imitation is the camera film camera Leica, don’t remember what brand, why is it that a…
Read MoreHow To Be The Best Photographer In The World
You are probably thinking that to be the best photographer in the world you have to have a lot of experience and take very good photos, well it’s not like that. The photos taken by the greatest photographer in the world just have to be different, unique, and if you want to have them technically…
Read MoreSteps To Be Creative #3
Step # 7 Search in your own likes and dislikes for your passion, what do you like to read, what interest you. Remember the tendency of us all is to think that our tastes and likes are not important, but do not believe that because in your likes is what you are looking for, you have…
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Step #4 Take all the rules of photography and throw them into the trash, forget about them, never ever remember them. OMG , (that means Oh My God) and expression of surprise or something similar, so OMG i will be probably be hanged by the tallest tree or maybe sent to photography hell where ever that…
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We all are born with the need to be part of a group, to be like them, that is why when we are young especially in our teen years peer pressure is very strong and sometimes we do things that we don’t want to do but we do them because we want to belong to that certain…
Read MoreWhat Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up
When i was a kid in elementary school i liked electronics and later in high school i started to like photography so when asked What do you want to be when you grow up i would answer electronics engineer or photographer, then i would get a bunch of opinions, and most of the time i…
Read MoreDon’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…
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