The OTHER Triangle: The ‘Becoming a Better Photographer’ Triangle
By Gordie Elwell I was asked to provide an article with tips to becoming a better photographer. Well, remember that exposure triangle you keep hearing about? Well, here’s another triangle for you . . . the “Becoming a Better Photographer” triangle. This triangle consists of “Planning, Luck, and Post Processing.” At least one of these is not completely within our control, but we certainly can influence it. Planning This one seems obvious, and it is. …
When Your Only Tool Is A Hammer, Everything Looks Like A Nail
By Gordie Elwell Are you stuck in a rut?Many of us have developed a certain "style" of shooting, even within our own favorite genre of photography. Landscape, portraits, cityscapes. We develop our own style, often with "tried and true" camera settings that have always worked in the past . . . so why change? Soon, all of our images begin to coalesce into the "same old-same old" folder in our hard drive. We begin to lose …