If Paul McCartney’s Photography Were The Sun, You Wouldn’t Mind Going Blind Staring At It
Plus: Mitchell Kanashkevich Shares His Post-Processing Secrets & More
Jeff Tan
June 05, 2024
"Ideas are like fish. If you want to catch little fish, you can stay in the shallow water. But if you want to catch the big fish, you’ve got to go deeper." – Davis Lynch
Howdy Photogs,
Artistic inspiration can emerge from the most unexpected places, transforming the mundane into a source of creativity. Artists across different eras and mediums echo this notion, finding their muse in the nuances of everyday life and the depths of personal experiences. It’s a beautiful thing.
A tripod head is one of the most important pieces of equipment a photographer can own. Most photographers start with cheap, shoddily built tripods with integrated heads, sometimes bought as part of a kit. While they don’t know it, these tripods aren’t worth their weight in plastic, which is a fancy way of saying they’re worthless. TAKE A LOOK →
Curator Catherine Futter and the Brooklyn Museum have done what many might deem impossible. They’ve taken the work of someone not considered a traditional photographer and given it the specular highlights it needs to shine. If Paul McCartney’s photography were the sun, you wouldn’t mind going blind staring at it. The images are a testament to the pillar of documentary photography that advocates for people skills, access, and being emotionally in tune with what’s around you. TAKE A LOOK →
Consistently transform your images into powerful, share-worthy works of art. Learn post-processing from a renowned world master photographer. TAKE A LOOK →
Easily add fog to any image using Lightroom. There is a full tutorial here. TAKE A LOOK →
I love minimalism, and these are fantastic examples of minimalism in photography that inspire you. TAKE A LOOK →
"I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way—things I had no words for." – Georgia O’Keefe
Tomorrow: Magnificent examples of composition in street photography.
– Jeff
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