The Weekend Update 3.2.18
photo via Allison Jacobs ·13-Year-Old Photographer is an award-winning master of Canadian wildlife portraits and his shots are truly unreal. Read on to see how he managed to nab his favorite, "First Snow". · 21 totally free things on the internet everyone should take advantage of. · Going back to the basics and finding the "good light" that makes your creative heart sing. · Yesterday, we rounded up our current favorite photography and creative podcasts to feed your head and inspire your next move. · Captured here by Salvador Cueva, the incredible candy
7 Podcasts for Photographers Definitely Worth the Listen
Its been said that you can tell a lot about a person by the music they listen to but here in 2018, we think the same could be said about the podcasts you're subscribe to. Whether driving, editing, taking a bath or just having a moment to yourself, a podcast can be a great way to learn something new, think a new way or here a great story that gets your creative juices flowing. If you searched out podcasts for creatives or photographers, you'd come up with
Erin Wallis + The Story Behind
Lucky for you, this morning we are back with another edition of The Story Behind. If you missed last week's, we encourage you to take a head back because we guarantee that each and every one of these editions will have its own spin of encouragement to get you thinking and moving on your own. And you know us; the fact that these land on Wednesdays is no accident. A little pay-it-forward encouragement in the frame of helpful reference and details is all any of us need
Tuesday Tips #304 – Finding Your Way through Documenting
One of the beautiful things about documentary photography other than its honesty is it's lack of post processing it calls for in the end. Well balanced black and whites and clean colors are all these photos call for. Keep it honest in the edit, stay away from all things "perfecting" - skin smoothing, cloning and definitely the liquify tool. Let the frame be as you shot it, aside from the necessary crops for print purposes. Items scattered around which would be deemed clutter in your regular sessions
The Weekend Update 2.22.18
photo via Kristina Gorokhova · Its how they say, "If you're the most talented artist in the room, its time to move to another room". ·"Treat art as a necessity, not a luxury" and other great nuggets of advice on how to stay creative day in and day out. · This article on why shooting weddings alone might not be the best idea gave us all the head nods. · One way to think about work-life balance is with a concept known as The Four Burners Theory. · What Does Instagram’s Algorithm
Rebecca Wang + The Story Behind
Scroll. Scroll. Scroll. With so many amazing visual stories to see and now see and hear on Instagram these days, we feel like its even more important to take the time out to stop and really take in some of the visual creations that are out there — especially those ones that stop us in our ever scrolling tracks and make us do a double take. We remember when we started out and how many of the images and the generous shares of photographer techniques that accompanied