If you give your photography the thought process that involves working your camera in fully manual exposure mode you’ll get a photograph that is thoughtfully composed and reflects you, the photographer. If you give your photography the thought process that involves an automatic exposure  mode you’ll get a photograph that lacks thoughtful composition and reflects your camera, […]

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It’s impossible  for any of us to be the one and only best photographer in the world. Lee Friedlander, Helen Levitt, Harry Callahan, Ansel Adams, Henri Cartier Bresson, Duane Michaels, Robert Frank, Amy Arbus; these are  some of the best  photographers in the world, but none of them are THE best. What they are the best […]

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When you make a picture in an auto exposure mode your camera will get you an average exposure based on whatever you are metering. Your picture may be  good enough in terms of exposure but is probably lacking in the very thing that takes a picture beyond good enough; you, the photographer, are what’s lacking. When you […]

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Your exposure mode dial is usually found on top of your camera and is usually filled with letters and icons that allow you to pick how you want to make an exposure. On a lot of cameras there are a lot of exposure modes to pick from. Here are a few modes that I’m familiar […]

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I have made what I think are truly unique pictures and I've made pictures that are mundane and common.

When I examine the experience of making photographs that I consider unique,the best way I can describe that experience is in the following manner:

When I examine the experience of making photographs that I consider unique,the best way I can describe that experience is in the following manner: I seem to lose track of time, my mind is calm/there is no distracting self-questioning of my decisions and I seem to have a heightened/precise awareness. Some refer to this state as working in a "flow" or with "no-mind".

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Drawing Inspiration – Lydia Goldblatt Drawing Inspiration is a series of posts dedicated to photographers who have inspired me. I’ve included a link to their work. http://www.lydiagoldblatt.com Who are the photographers that inspire you? Please leave your comments and replies below.

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