The professional growth of a photographer, and therefore the maturity of his or her projects, passes through several phases. Different phases require different skills from the photographer. In each phase the work and the goal of photography change, the maturity of his or her work grows.
Borrowing ideas from Greiner’s growth model (good designers copy, […]. petapixel.com
The photographer’s “journey” is, generally speaking, a pretty predictable thing. We all go through certain “phases” as we pick up and learn this craft—some more gracefully than others—and so, in the spirit of lighthearted candor, photographer and YouTuber Evan Ranft has decided to share his take on the 8 major phases of being a photographer. […] petapixel.com »
2020-08-28 17:17
You’ve been taking your camera everywhere, shooting photos of your experiences, and you love the way photography makes you see the world. Gradually, you’ve started to wonder what it would be like to turn your passion into a career.
"I get it," is what a long-time reader texted me one day on Instagram after experiencing a Leica M4. The smile on my face went ear to ear: finally, someone else understood me. The Leica Q2 isn't a camera that I expect most people to understand.
In 2016, after Apple removed the memory card slot from MacBook Pros, I complained about this loudly. “Everything is going wireless,” a since-departed executive told me, adding that there was no need for the slot anymore.
I topped out at 187k followers on Instagram – I spent day and night constantly checking numbers, likes, comments, and often lost time that would have been better spent on things that actually matter.
Fujifilm ACROS II is likely to excite photographers as much as the growing market of professional photographers that Fujifilm sees. “The Professional segment has been steadily increasing for the last couple of years.
This piece is obviously going to annoy a ton of people. Quite honestly, I'm not apologizing for it. I think that there are great photo editors. I believe that some people that we label photographers are some of the best photoshop artists of our time.