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A Day in the Life of…

A Day in the Life of…

Diving deep into the reality of a persons life Working on a reportage about peoples life can be one of the most compelling learnings in photography. For this, you have to dive really deep into a persons reality and spend a certain amount of time with the individual....

Available Light Portraits

Available Light Portraits

Seeing and understanding the light, and how it shapes the mood and character of the subject Taking portraits with available light creates a very natural look. With available light you can shape your subject but also use the mood of the scenery. Be aware that available...

Looking for abstract shapes in your photography

Looking for abstract shapes in your photography

When it seems there is nothing spectacular around and the scenery looks boring, you may change your view and take in regard that there always is some geometry around. It can be very inspiring to switch to microcosmos or to reduce to a minimalistic number of elements,...

Work with manual exposure & external light meter

Work with manual exposure & external light meter

Understanding exposure is crucial for your work as photographer. It is a good start to get familiar with f-stops and how aperture, shutter speed and ISO is connected.If you start thinking in f-stops, it makes your life much easier: A full stop always doubles the light...

Work with depth of field

Work with depth of field

'work with shallow depth of field and your photos will look much more professional' 🙂 alright, but how can you achieve this? Well, there are three factors we can use to create a nice background blur: shoot in aperture priority and use an open aperture value (low...

30 min for 300 m on your own

30 min for 300 m on your own

Train your perception and your awareness Your assignment This assignment is about spending 30 min on the next 300 m and see what can be discovered. Do not move back and forth more than 300 m. Take photos of any subject you think is worth. Observe how your vision and...

Exploring perspective

Exploring perspective

Your assignment Choose a subject you want to shoot Shoot it from at least 10 different angles/perspectives Shoot it from another 5 different perspectives Do not switch to another subject unless you have as many different angles as possible (when you move on, to the...

5 portraits of 5 strangers in 1 hour

5 portraits of 5 strangers in 1 hour

Your assignment For a specific period of time only work on portraits with strangers. Ask people from the street or any other accessible space to take a portrait. choose the light situation that works best with the person Encouraging consideration How does it feel to...

Create a narrative out of 5 images

Create a narrative out of 5 images

Every image should be strong for itself. At the same time they should work as a series.Also write in a short essay about these things: what is your story about? what is special about it? What is new about this for the audience? What was surprising for yourself?...

The very first assignment

The very first assignment

The very first photography assignment is not to take photos. Instead, observe. Feel. Think about what questions arise. Think about who you are. Think about your intention. Think about your beliefs. How do you feel in front of a camera? What would you need to feel...

One focal length

One focal length

Portrait of my friend Youssef on our way to the studio(that's what we thought) 18 mm (27 mm FF equivalent) isn't the best portrait lens at all and yes, the editing is poor 😉 and uses far too much vignetting… but for us, this portrait of Youssef in the morning sun is...

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