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Feeling Blue: 10 Tips for Shooting on Blue-Sky Days

Feeling Blue: 10 Tips for Shooting on Blue-Sky Days

by David Cobb | Sep 6, 2017 | Photography Tips | 9 comments

For a good part of my life I’ve had a comic posted on my wall of a guy sitting in a chair with the caption, “Dare to be boring.” Sometimes I embrace that in my photography when trying to get creative with abstracts in a mundane landscape, or when embracing the blue...
Book Review: A Photographer’s Life, Review by David Cobb

Book Review: A Photographer’s Life, Review by David Cobb

by David Cobb | Jul 17, 2017 | Book Review | 4 comments

    “There’s just no such thing as a ‘drive-by shooting’ in landscape photography. In other words, you need to put in the time on the ground.” – Jack Dykinga   A few years ago, Jerry Seinfeld wrote a posthumous post about comedian George Carlin and...
Photograph Light, not “Things”

Photograph Light, not “Things”

by David Cobb | May 29, 2017 | Composition, Education, Philosophy, Photography Techniques, Photography Tips | 0 comments

  When I started studying photography seriously, I was a slow learner when it came to light. I spent too much time photographing things instead of light—photographing birds, barns, and trees until it got boring. The result was too many average shots of things I...
Using a Telephoto Lens to Compress Garden Scenes

Using a Telephoto Lens to Compress Garden Scenes

by David Cobb | Apr 10, 2017 | Garden Photography, Photography Techniques, Spring Photography | 2 comments

Using a Telephoto Lens to Compress Garden Scenes Since gardens are beginning to blossom again after a long winter, I’m returning to the garden setting for this tip. A telephoto lens is essential in garden photography for picking out pieces of a distant landscape or...
Photography Documentaries I’ve Liked

Photography Documentaries I’ve Liked

by David Cobb | Feb 20, 2017 | Film Review, Uncategorized | 10 comments

Photography Documentaries I’ve Liked By David Cobb   It’s been a long time since the days of the boring and staid documentary. We’re now in the “Golden Age” of this genre, and there have been a number of good photography documentaries released over the past few years....
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