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How do you find your niche when taking photos? I’ve been trying to find what genre of photos I excel in, but as of late I’m not sure, any suggestions? Some people are better with landscapes; others are naturals at taking great portraits and photographing food. I looked over my cache of pictures this evening and can’t find a theme song to sing. Well maybe I’ve reached my potential, amateur…

I recently returned from vacation and noticed that I spent the majority of my time taking pictures of family and friends. In the future I plan to cut back on taking pictures and spend time enjoying the moment, unfortunately, it’s really hard to put the camera down. So I’m asking you, how can I break this addiction of taking pictures everywhere I go? Are you hooked, do you find yourself taking…

They say on an average you blink 16 times a minute. Just imagine if you would have to adjust your camera lens at this rate; it would be an effort to do 1% of what the eye sees. Therefore, we must collaborate with our eyes view and agree on what to shot. In most cases you use the eye before and after to determine what has been captured is considered reasonable. Just think our own dedicated set of…

It’s Friday and the weekend has finally come! Question: How do you get people to critique your pictures with the factory cranking them out at a stifling pace. Each morning I began to comb through the new entries admiring the fine eyes of some photographers and wondering how blind others are. Unfortunately, I spend most of my time giving praise versus doing what should be the right thing. As a…