Shooting Habits

Stop Waiting for the Perfect Moment: What Last Photos Teach Us About Shooting Every Day
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Stop Waiting for the Perfect Moment: What Last Photos Teach Us About Shooting Every Day

There’s a particular kind of guilt that creeps in when you’re a photographer walking through a city and you don’t take any photos. You tell yourself you were tired, the light was bad, you didn’t have the right lens. I’ve done this on my own Sunday morning photo walks here in Seattle more times than I’d like to admit. The camera’s around my neck and I’m just… walking. Not seeing. That habit of actively not shooting is something I’ve been working against for years, and it’s exactly what Watch the full tutorial on YouTube addresses so well.

6 Photography Bad Habits You Need to Break (And How to Actually Do It)
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6 Photography Bad Habits You Need to Break (And How to Actually Do It)

Every photographer I know has a list of things they wish someone had called them out on earlier. Not gear mistakes or technical errors, but habits. The quiet, low-stakes decisions that compound over time until one day you realize they’ve been quietly capping your growth for years. I came across this Peter McKinnon tutorial a while back and ended up pausing it four times to take notes, which doesn’t happen often.

The Storage Problem Nobody Talks About: Why Photographers Need a Digital Cleanup Strategy
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The Storage Problem Nobody Talks About: Why Photographers Need a Digital Cleanup Strategy

I recently had a moment of clarity while shopping for my third external hard drive. As I stood in the electronics aisle, I realized something uncomfortable: we photographers have become obsessed with quantity at the expense of quality. And I include myself in that assessment. The Numbers Don’t Lie Think about how many photos you took last month. Now think about how many you actually edited, printed, or shared. For most of us, there’s a shocking gap between those two numbers.