Taking street photography shots is very much about wandering through neighbourhoods, keeping an eye open for promising compositions. —

Still Life Photography for Beginners takes us into many aspects of still life photography and how we can create beautiful still lifes to sell. In photography, intention is always important. Knowing what you want to express as an artist is part of the mind set that leads to successful still life photography outcomes. The very basis of good still life photography is to develop your ability to create compositions.

I often observe my cats. I stop and watch them interact with each other. Three personalities communicating through looks, winks, twists, turns, and nudges. — One of my cats is old. She is sick but battles on like a champion boxer who can’t quit. I watch as she toddles through the apartment, stops at the threshold that leads into the kitchen then pads with her paw to find the step. She is blind. Her nerves…

Taking photos that resonate and move people is the desire to create art. Therefore, it’s going to be all about your approach to the camera, pixels, and what type of subject floats your boat. — If you start investigating the photos and paintings of great artists — you can also learn a lot about how to make a simple everyday scene look fantastic from the Old Masters of painting. The magic of art is its ability to create something astonishing out of everyday mundane life.

The summer is neither here nor there in Berlin; The sun is hot enough to boil the oil in a parked car. — Then it rains and brings with it a powerful electrical storm, and torrents of rain that whip and lash at the helm of life. It’s interesting. I’ve had to choose my photography moments carefully. Most of the time I’m working on a photography book, my first, but not my first…

It’s when we write with emotion that our individual style comes through — There’s something special about being able to write down ideas and formulate them into understandable chunks where a reader can enjoy and learn. The enjoyment of reading, the increased understanding of a subject, all stems from the writer’s ability to succinctly convey a message. It’s all very well and nice…

Thinking of you keeps me awake. Dreaming of you keeps me asleep. Being with you keeps me alive. — Late one night, my cat wouldn’t stop scratching and whining at the front door. I kept telling him to leave it, but he insisted I investigate. I opened the door, a man sat on the steps, one shoe and his crumpled sock on the floor, a needle between his toes. …

All artists are inspired by something or someone, but it’s not always important to know why we are inspired. — “I work completely intuitively, I do not have a concept,” Harry Gruyaert As a street photographer myself, I’m always working towards making fine art out of street motifs that rise and fall in the streets of Berlin. I do look for subjects, colour schemes…

“A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.” ― Ansel Adams — Ever since I got into digital photography, I’ve sought out the best places on the internet to connect with other photographers and artists. I do this to learn something I don’t know. Some of these places are good, some are full of erroneous advice that makes you feel as if…