Chris says that there's five things you can do to practice your photography:
1. Fifty Steps/Fifty Photos. Chris says to walk fifty steps and then take fifty photos. This will challenge you to look at a scene from various angles.
2. People/No People. Take pictures for one hour without people in a touristy area. Then try going to a remote area and take only pictures of people. It's a great challenge.
The FOCUS Assignment. All photos: https://www.flickr.com/search/?group_id=362537%40N20&sort=date-posted-desc&view_all=1&tags=TGfocus
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Next assignment: GOLDEN (suggested by birenamin)
Chris wants to talk about how you can mix and match techniques to minimize your workflow. Perfection: stop seeking it. It's your enemy. Accept that everything is a draft. Besides, most people will not look at a photo the same way you do.
Doing something makes you right. People without dirty hands are wrong. The doing is what gives you credibility.
Lastly, being done is the engine of more. The more you do, the more you want to.
Check out more from Bre Pettis Cult of Done Manifesto here.
Chris took Leo's advice and picked up a low-cost FlashPix Flash. Great flash that you can remove from the transmission connector on the hot shoe, and position the light off-camera. It also doubles as a video light. But it does have one fault: it's completely manual. It doesn't support through the lens (TTL) flash, which most flashes do in this modern age. Still, it's a great flash to have in your bag.
Chris joins us and says he's not buying the iPhone 11 because he believes that the phone is in the "tock" cycle, and there's going to be a much better phone next year. So he's going to wait. Having said that, he thinks that the three lens camera on the iPhone is a two stage upgrade. The three cameras are matched, so they have the same colors and calibrated to make it a seemless shot. And the night shot mode is interesting as an answer to Google's Night Sight. It takes up to nine photos at various aperture and shutters speeds and then uses computational photography to fuse them together.
Today's assignment review is for ELECTRIC!
All photos:
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Chris joins Leo today to talk about what stresses you out about photography. Photography is supposed to be an enjoyable hobby and experience, but many people are just stressed out about it all. What stresses you out?
Chris says the main stress comes from not having enough time to do it. Then there's not enough time to do post-processing to make your photos look really good.
Chris joins Leo to talk about how simple photography has become. There's a lot of instant gratification because you get to see your image immediately. That means you learn faster. And chances are, there are a majority of photographers who have never shot a roll of film and had to wait several days or even weeks to get their photos. Now we have instant sorting using artificial intelligence, instant photo editing, and feedback through sharing.
Chris joins Leo to talk about a color in photography that doesn't exist: magenta. Chris says there is no magenta, and your brain invents the color shades in between the basic colors. On top of that, ten percent of people are color blind. You can mix colors sure, but its just mixed light in the spectrum. Each color has a wavelength in the visible spectrum. Magenta doesn't have a wavelength in the visible spectrum: it doesn't exist. But your mind makes it up when you mix colors together. It's called an extra spectral color.
Chris says that shortly after the golden hour, where the sun is setting, comes the Blue hour, where the sun has set, but the light is still there, but fading. Chris says this is a marvellous opportunity to get some great pictures, with a deep blue sky. Even smartphone photographers can get in on the act these days.
