When we start taking interest in anything, our first instinct is to learn and we are eager to do just that. Over the years, I’ve watched many tutorials and read many books on the subject. While I’m not done learning, I think that it is time to free myself a little. I recall when I [...]
For about a year now, I've been wanting to add some meaning to my images. Instead of second guessing myself, I've decided to get started. After all it is a new year. I've been pondering on adding some conceptual images to my portfolio. It does not mean that in any way that I would give [...]
"So forgive me my waves of fragility. It is that quality of heart that allows my passion" Unknown
Jessie Tarbox Beals was an American photographer who was one of the first women in the United States to have a career as a photojournalist. Born 23 December 1870 in in Hamilton, Ontario,Jessie Tarbox Beals first trained as a teacher. She subsequently moved to Williamsburg, Massachusetts, at age 18 to make her living as a [...]
As far as I could remember, I've had everything planned. From what I studied, where I would go to school and so on............... The only problem was that life gave me a rude awakening and taught me that things don't always go according to plan. It took me a long time to admit this. For [...]
"When forced to work within a strict framework, the imagination is taxed to its utmost and will produce its richest ideas" - T.S.Eliot Choices, choices... We are overrun with choices. The choice of camera, which lens to use, which camera is the best at this and that and we forget the fundamentals of [...]
Ruth Orkin was an award-winning photojournalist and filmmaker. She grew up in Hollywood in the heyday of the 1920s and 1930s. At the age of 10, she received her first camera, a 39 cent Univex. She began by photographing her friends and teachers at school. At 17 years old she took a monumental bicycle trip [...]
