Nelly Josephine Atamuratova is a young artist living in The Republic of Moldova; she was my student when I was a Peace Corps Volunteer. Nelly has recently branched out from painting and drawing into photography. She sends me emails of images from Moldova, Romania, and Turkey and I edit them for her in Photoshop. It’s […]
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Learning From Mistakes #1: Why Mindfulness is Important to Good Photography
When I was a fledgling photographer I tried too hard to take good pictures. I studied a subject with ferocious intensity. I sincerely believed that I could create a good photograph by the sheer force of my will. I made a lot of mistakes. This week I want to share three of those mistakes with […]