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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom was developed as a workflow solution for photographers who need to import, organize, edit and output large numbers of images, particularly those in Raw file formats. And as with most software tools, there are multiple ways to go about achieving these goals. In this four-page article I’m going to show you what I consider to be the most efficient workflow for importing and organizing your images in Lightroom.
(via Lightroom Photo Import: Digital Photography Review)

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom was developed as a workflow solution for photographers who need to import, organize, edit and output large numbers of images, particularly those in Raw file formats. And as with most software tools, there are multiple ways to go about achieving these goals. In this four-page article I’m going to show you what I consider to be the most efficient workflow for importing and organizing your images in Lightroom.

(via Lightroom Photo Import: Digital Photography Review)

Photography (practiced at its highest levels) is a creative endeavor. But creativity takes courage. It takes more courage than you may think. While many of you are focused on trying something just because it’s NEW – you don’t get to REALLY test your courage until you try something YOU! This post applies to any art, but I am aiming at photographers because I know many of you are struggling with this. So please read on.

inneroptics:

Imogen Cunningham
I don’t think there’s any such thing as teaching people photography, other than influencing them a little. People have to be their own learners. They have to have a certain talent. 

inneroptics:

Imogen Cunningham
I don’t think there’s any such thing as teaching people photography, other than influencing them a little. People have to be their own learners. They have to have a certain talent. 
inneroptics:

Norman Parkinson
“The only thing that gets in the way of a really good photograph, is the camera”.

inneroptics:

Norman Parkinson

“The only thing that gets in the way of a really good photograph, is the camera”.

Editing one’s work is challenging. I think it helps to let the work sit for a while until after the first fervent rush. Edit out anything you doubt, but revisit the rejects once in a while. Maybe you missed something. Let “accidents” inform you. Maybe they’ll lead you in a new direction. On the other hand, you may find your first loves don’t hold up with time.
Young photographers especially assistants spend way too much time thinking about making new pictures and not enough time making new pictures. Photographers are like athletes in that photography is a muscle that needs to be exercised. You know what it’s like when you go to the gym for the first time in a year. You realize you are out of shape, that you should come more often, and that the people who spend a lot of time at the gym are so much better than you. The same thing goes for taking pictures. If you’re only shooting pictures for yourself once every few months, you’ll never be as good as the people who are always shooting pictures.
Steve Giralt
When A Perfect Exposure Isn’t Necessarily The Right Exposure
dprblog:

100 most influential photographers of all time

photojojo:

Corrie White used some simple DIY tricks to shoot this awesome water drop with bokeh!  He explains what his set-up was at the link. 

DIY Guide to Making Bokeh-Filled Water Drop Shots

via DIY photography

Don’t shoot what it looks like. Shoot what it feels like. - David Alan Harvey
(via streetzen)

patrickjoust:

We learn from all of modern art, from Picasso and everybody, that a moment of ugliness is always important. So I’ve learned to like all these material limitations. We need them.
- Jeff Wall.

patrickjoust:

The trouble is — whatever it is about pictures, photographs — it’s just about impossible to follow up with words. They don’t have anything to do with each other.

Art — or what we call that — You can love it and appreciate it, but you can’t really talk about it. Doesn’t make any sense.

- William Eggleston