Street photography is all about providing candid insights into everyday situations, so being in the right place at the right time is extremely important. Often, it is assumed that these shots are unplanned and document a coincidental moment and though this may be true in many cases, it is not a necessary prerequisite. Photographer Jignesh Chavda illustrates this with his shot taken in Ahmedabad, India.
“At the time, it was the rainy season. I had planned to capture this moment with my camera a long time before but the right moment did not happen due to the rain,” he says. Jignesh’s work documents everyday life, capturing the essence of humanity in a series of candid moments. “Art doesn’t come to you, so you need to go to it,” he says. “I always look for complex frames with multiple layers that tell an interesting story or have a strong message.” This approach is evident in his work.
Jignesh’s shot offers the viewer an abstract perspective on everyday life. “There are three small novellas in progress in the shot and I like the way they are separated from each other so that each has a voice,” he says. The industrial scaffolding where the people are working contrasts with the plain white background. In post-processing, the colors were reduced and levels, curves and cropping were adjusted in Photoshop.
Camera: Sony Alpha 7 III
Lens: Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8
Aperture: f/11
Shutter speed: 1/250sec
ISO: 800
Jignesh Chavda is a self-taught street, travel and nature photographer and curator by profession. Based in Ahmedabad, India, Jignesh has a flair for candid situations and his philosophy when it comes to photography is “be patient and anticipate the shot”. A finalist in the Environmental Photographer of the Year competition, Jignesh’s work has been published on many platforms locally and internationally, including India Photo Art, Better Photography, Shutter, Street Photography, Eye Shot, nature.org and many more.
I’ve only ever done wedding photography as an onlooker of sorts. That’s to say that the wedding couple knew I was taking pictures there, but I wasn’t the primary photographer for their event. Not even the second photographer. That’s because I was never up to the responsibility of making sure I got the best pictures at these once-in-a-lifetime events. My nerves simply wouldn’t have been able to handle this. It still can’t. And reading about some of the incidents that a few wedding photographers worldwide have shared, I don’t think I’ll be attempting wedding photography any time soon, either. Here are some incredible stories from wedding photographers.
During the last few months, I’ve corresponded with a few wedding photographers from around the world. Some were reluctant to share incidents during their careers that caught them unaware. They felt it might be disrespectful to clients, even though they’d remain unnamed. But a handful returned with some outrageous, amusing, weird, and odd requests from their wedding clients. And some of them are bound to make you chuckle.
Pradeep Mohan often says he wasn’t sure of his photography skills when he started to dabble in smartphone photography. “With a background in Performing Arts and Communications, I found my calling once I joined the brand communications team at Nikon,” he tells us. Here he picked up the ability to tell a story through Photography and Film. It took him a handful of years to find his photography style and the key storytelling traits that make his work recognizable.
His first day as a wedding photographer happened by chance when he had to cover for the hired photographer who didn’t turn up. “I was a bit nervous about how I was going to get started. Assigned to shoot portraits of the bride, I walked into the room filled with wonderful backlight from the sun. It definitely helps when the bride looks beautiful, and she sure was,” Pradeep tells us. His initial jitters ended right there, and it led to the start of a new career for him. It wasn’t the last time he got nervous, though.
“The most awkward one was when I had walked into a pre-wedding shoot location to film the couple. What started as a casual conversation became a full-blown fight filled with expletives.” Pradeep could only stand and watch as the groom stormed out of the place in a huff. As he wondered whether his shoot was over before it even began, he turned to look at the bride. She began to pour a glass of champagne, sat on the couch with a pose, and said to him, “He’ll be back. Let’s continue.” It didn’t take long for the groom to come back. 10 minutes later, he joined the shoot, and the couple had made up by the time it had been completed.
Jaysun D’Almeida is a Canadian photographer who specializes in weddings and portraits. As a former photography tutor in the UAE, he once stepped in to help a student who had to photograph a wedding. From there, he began a successful career in wedding photography in the Middle East before relocating to Canada, where he still pursues his passion. I asked him what the most amusing incident he’d encountered during his many shoots was.
“I had to shoot a wedding on a yacht one day. By the time we were out at sea, it had begun to get really windy. Both the groom and I were so nauseated to the point that we both passed out on the couch. It was a horrible experience; we both puked our guts out into the sea,” he narrates. It took over an hour for both of them to literally find their feet again in order to refresh themselves. However, the long trip out there wasn’t wasted, and the photoshoot happened the same day. And no, they didn’t find themselves hurling again after the shoot. It was just another challenge for Jayson, which he took in his stride.
He told me another interesting anecdote about the time the bride-to-be who was dressing up, decided to get some additional pictures done. “I was taking pictures of the bride getting ready, and suddenly she decided that I should take her pictures in her bare essentials,” says Jaysun. One of those rare times when a wedding shoot suddenly becomes a boudoir session. “She wanted those pictures for her future husband; the experience was beautiful.”
David Ghisa first picked up a camera when he was just 17 and began his career in fashion photography. A decade later, he’s an established wedding photographer who loves capturing emotions and helping people bring their feelings and dreams to print. But he learned the hard way that business and emotions are two things that need to be handled very differently when it comes to wedding photography.
When you’re a small business owner, are you expected to always give your friends and family a discount? Or would you expect them to support you by hiring you instead of another equally competent professional (who may or may not be cheaper)? And how do you politely negotiate or turn down those in your inner circles who seem to expect you to always provide a discount? Especially when they’re working with you for the first time. One such client of David’s hoped she could negotiate a deal right at the start.
“Initially, I received a call from a woman, asking me if I could be the photographer for her wedding,” narrates David. Of course, his answer was yes. He expected a conversation about the wedding day, so he could gather details about the requirement. Instead of asking David what he could provide them as part of his services, the prospective client went straight to the point. “Hey, you know that I am a friend of your mother. What about a discount?” she said. That line caught David entirely off guard. He stood firm on his rates, and eventually the client buckled and agreed to book him for their wedding, with the guarantee to pay him after the event. This seemed alright at the time, until the day of the wedding.
After the vows were exchanged, the band began taking requests at the venue. David was in his element, taking great photos of the celebrations. As time passed, the guests started wanting to sing songs of their choice, with the band playing the tunes to their vocals. The only catch was that the band would charge for each request that was coming in. Which was being paid for by the couple. So when the time came for David to be born, to his shock, there was nothing left with the client to pay him.
“Well, you know, we had to pay the band for each greeting. So, we don’t have any money left for you,” they blankly told him that evening. Luckily David didn’t let that dampen his spirits and kept his chin up. They did pay up days later, something he shrugs off by saying, “In the end, their happiness was more important. Each wedding is a celebration of two people union, in a joyful and happy-ending story event,” David concludes.
Now in his early 20s, Ayush Krishnan was a few years younger when a crazy incident happened due to a photo shoot he had with a couple that was to be wed. An extrovert who loves interacting with people, he narrated the tale of this couple who had flown from India to Dubai to avail of his services. “During the shoot, generally couples request intimate photographs just for them,” Ayush says about some extra photos the couple had requested. “They loved the photographs and wanted me to come to India to shoot the wedding as well!”
At this point, any photographer would have expected it to be smooth sailing for the wedding, except that it didn’t seem like there would be one. “Two weeks later, I got a call from the client demanding a refund. At this point, I was very confused,” says a bewildered Ayush about the client blaming the wedding cancellation on him. Apparently, family members had seen those intimate photos, and since they were from an orthodox family, they decided to cancel the wedding altogether. It was unfortunate for them, but when the images were specifically requested by the couple, they absolved the photographer of any responsibility whatsoever.
“I felt sorry for them, but it was their fault as they had kept it as their wallpaper on their phone. I told them that I wouldn’t be able to give them a refund for the shoot because of their mistakes. They had then told me they would delete all the photographs from their end and again demanded a refund.” Ayush stuck to his guns and politely asked the couple not to blame him for a screw-up on their part. This incident changed how he worded his contracts for the better. But he laughed as he told me what happened 4 months after their refund request.
“The same bride was getting engaged to another guy, and she wanted me to capture her pre-wedding and wedding as well. It was very funny to shoot that pre-wedding as they were doing all the intimate poses she did with her ex-fiancé. I couldn’t stop laughing while editing the photographs and video.” Fortunately, this time, Ayush had an air-tight contract. As far as we know, she didn’t call back for another refund.
Kathleen Hoare of South Africa has been doing weddings for under a decade now. She’s already had at least two bouts of bad luck with motor vehicles during this short time. The first was while trying to get photos of a couple at an outdoor spot in Dubai. “The venue had a few key locations that were great for portraits,” Kathleen says about the couple’s chosen site for the pictures. “They dedicated a golf buggy for us to get around from one spot to another. Unfortunately, the buggy driver took a corner too quickly, and I was thrown from the buggy, a camera in each of my hands.” Luckily she landed on soft grass and was unscathed. The same can’t be said for the cameras she had at hand.
“One of the cameras had to get serviced due to the impact. The poor driver was very apologetic. I just carried on, literally. Got up, dusted myself off, checked my cameras, and moved on to shooting in the next location.”
You’d think this sort of stuff could happen only once to someone. But Kathleen says otherwise. “Earlier this year, I was shooting an outdoor wedding. I was getting photos of the tables and decor. I crouched down low to the ground to get a different angle, and a car reversed into me.” Just reading that alone sounded incredibly dangerous, and I wondered what happened due to that bump. To her good fortune, Kathleen was unhurt. “I let out a little scream, and all the staff and the driver came running over.” The proper professional she is, she admitted that no harm was done to her brand-new camera.
Unless mentioned otherwise, all images used in this article are copyrighted by the respective wedding photographers and are used with permission. The couples shown in the photos aren’t the ones described in the accompanying text and are for illustrative purposes only.
Fans have been head over heels for some of these recent film camera shots of SHINee from their “Hard” promotions, but they were even more surprised after finding out who the photographer was.
While carrying out promotions for their 8th full album title track “Hard”, the SHINee members treated fans to some up-close, behind-the-scenes photos via SNS. Many fans complimented the unique and stylish vibe of the photos, and wondered who the photographer was.
SHINee member Key then shared the answer on his Instagram recently by giving a shoutout to the photographer herself! He said, “Ji Hyang, I hope you’ll be blessed,” indicating that the recent film camera photos of SHINee members backstage were taken by the female dancer, Ji Hyang.
Dancer Ji Hyang (top left in the photo below) has previously garnered attention among K-Pop fans in the past for her idol-like beauty. Now, it looks like she’s gaining fame once again for her photography skills!
Netizens commented, “SM should pay her a bonus for these pics”, “She’s really good at taking photos. I wonder what camera she uses”, “They should hire her as a backstage photographer lol”, “I hope she takes photos of my idol if she works with them”, “These look like professional quality photos”, and more.
Maimouna Guerresi, who converted from Christianity to Islam, examines the role of women in society in her works. In this polyptych, four young women are gathered around a long table. They appear distracted, almost as if they are turning away from the man reading. The objects lying on the table, a canister and a cartridge case, are unsettling.
Exquisite new photos of the sun close to its once-a-decade “solar maximum” phase have been shortlisted for an annual astrophotography context.
With the sun now approaching its most powerful and intense period of activity for some years, the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition includes three incredible images that make use of the latest techniques to capture solar prominences and solar flares.
The competition, which is run by the Royal Observatory Greenwich in London, attracted 4,000 entries this year from amateur and professional photographers in 64 countries.
One of the most impressive shortlists is for the “Our Moon” category, which encompasses the lunar surface, the moon’s conjunction with planets, and lunar eclipses and transits. The images in this category showcase the moon in all its beauty, from its cratered surface to its dramatic shadows.
The winner of the “Our Sun” category—one of 11 categories—will be announced on September 14, 2023, along with the overall winner of the competition. The winning images will be displayed in an exhibition at London’s National Maritime Museum from September 16, 2023.
Portuguese photographer Miguel Claro—a renowned astrophotographer—took the main image, above, from Dark Sky Alqueva in the Évora district of Portugal.
His photo shows a solar flare—an intense burst of radiation from a sunspot—which is becoming more common as the sun ramps-up its activity. The image is from a 27-minute time lapse on April 30, 2022 of Active Region 2994 that Claro captured using a Sky-Watcher Esprit ED120 telescope.
The Great Solar Flare © Mehmet Ergün
Mehmet Ergün
Another shot of the sun approaching solar maximum—also shortlisted is “The Great Solar Flare,” an image by Mehmet Ergün from Traisen, Germany.
It shows a solar flare on the left of the image stretching 435,000 miles into space. It was taken using a Lunt LS60 B1200 Double Stack telescope.
Grazing Mammoths © Rafael Schmall
Rafael Schmall
The final stunning solar image shortlisted for the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition in the “Our Sun” category is “The Great Mammoth,” an image of a solar prominence on the limb of the sun. Visible to the naked-eye only during a total solar eclipse, Rafael Schmall captured this a bright feature extending outward from the sun’s photosphere using a Lunt LS 100 H-alpha telescope.
It was taken from Zselic National Landscape Protection Area, an International Dark Sky Park in Zselickisfalud, Hungary
China Space Station Transits Active Sun © Letian Wang
Letian Wang
Nominated in the “People and Space” category is this remarkable ransit of a space station across the sun. However, while most such images use the International Space Station, this one shows the China Space Station (CSS), which has recently been completed.
Produced by selecting the nine clearest photos from captured video frames taken through a Lunt 152T telescope, the image was taken from by photographer Letian Wang from Beijing, China.
Wishing you clear skies and wide eyes.
Traveling is about collecting memories that last a lifetime and snapping amazing travel photos goes right along with that. It’s a great way to document experiences like your first international trip, a baecation, or the destination that forever changed your life. For content creators, capturing the best travel photos is a way of life and can even be a lucrative one. However, learning how to master travel photography is a major step. That’s where the proper gear comes in.
It’s absolutely possible to snap beautiful travel photos with a phone, but sometimes you need a bit more. Proper lighting can make or break a photo and, of course, you need a lens that captures those sharp details. Also, for solo travelers, a tripod is an absolute must.
For anyone looking to step up their content creator game, here are a few travel photography must-haves.
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A photo is only as good as its light source and while it’s not exactly practical to travel with an entire light setup, this is a portable option. You may have seen this viral product on TikTok and for good reason. The clip-on light is the size of a cell phone but has an impressive 10 levels of darkness and three modes. When a natural light source just isn’t enough, attach this to your phone or camera and snap away.
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For solo travelers who have to take their own travel photos, this compact tripod has you covered. When not in use, it’s less than 13 inches tall, but it spans 65 inches when fully erect. The base of the tripod has a non-slip grip so you can be sure your phone is secure. Also, built into the base of the tripod is a removable Bluetooth remote. Use this as your clicker even when you’re up to 33 feet away.
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The only thing worse than not getting the shot is snapping amazing photos, but you run out of storage or lose images because they’re not backed up. A simple, and affordable way to avoid that is with this SD Card Reader. It makes it easy and quite fast to transfer photos between your camera and laptop, tablet, or phone. In a matter of seconds, your gorgeous pics can be uploaded safely.
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When you’re really ready to upgrade your travel photography game but not exactly ready to purchase heavy-duty lenses that cost thousands of dollars, here’s your happy medium. Canon’s Content Creator Kit has the essentials to take sharp photos that you’ll cherish forever. The 24-megapixel camera has an easy-to-use touchscreen and the flip screen is ideal for recording vlogs. Included in the kit is a microphone for clear audio and a tripod to help you get those steady shots.
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If you’ve ever seen those beautiful aerial photos and wondered how they did that, it was most likely with a drone. The device can take some jaw-dropping photos and videos. This beginner-friendly drone captures images with a 4K camera and has a control range of 3000 feet. Don’t worry about losing the gear, as it has features to return to you with the press of a single button or when the battery is low.
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Photographing a friend’s wedding sounds like a blast. Is it really worth it, though? Make sure to consider these things before making a decision.
I spent a solid nine years photographing weddings, right in the heart of my 20s and early 30s, when all my friends were tying the knot. It was quite the experience because there were moments when my friends weren’t sure if they should invite me as a guest or ask me to be their official photographer. I’ve photographed many of my friends’ weddings, but there are a few things you need to consider before agreeing to photograph a close friend’s big day.
As a guest, you only have fleeting moments with the couple on their wedding day. By photographing your friend’s wedding, you become an integral part of their special day, immersing yourself in their joy and excitement. From getting ready moments to capturing their first look, you’ll experience all of the magic of their wedding day alongside them.
Photographing a friend’s wedding allows you to lend a hand in the planning process. From recommending top-notch vendors to fine-tuning their timeline, you can ensure their day runs smoothly while guaranteeing stunning photos they’ll adore.
Your existing friendship establishes a strong foundation of trust, creating a relaxed atmosphere where the couple can be themselves. This comfort translates into natural and genuine photographs and can make the photo shoot process even more fun.
Familiarity with their story, family dynamics, and significant moments grants you an advantage. You can anticipate and capture the heartfelt and sentimental moments that may go unnoticed by a less acquainted photographer.
Working with friends enables open communication and collaboration. You have the freedom to experiment with ideas, poses, and locations, tailoring the shoot to their unique personalities and desires.
Photographing a friend’s wedding not only creates lasting memories for the couple but also for you. It’s an extraordinary opportunity to document and be part of a milestone in their lives, forging a bond that extends beyond the role of a photographer.
When money is involved, it’s crucial to avoid potential awkwardness with friends. Ensure you have a clear, well-defined contract in place before photographing a friend’s wedding — or any wedding, for that matter. The contract should cover payment details, deadlines, contingencies, and expectations, safeguarding your friendship and avoiding potential disputes.
Navigating the fine line between personal relationships and professional obligations can be challenging. Be aware of the potential for conflicts or misunderstandings during the wedding planning and photography process.
Friends may have lofty expectations, assuming you’ll provide discounted services or deliver exceptional results beyond your usual offerings. Managing these expectations requires clear communication to avoid disappointment or strained relationships.
Photographing a friend’s wedding amplifies the pressure to capture every significant moment flawlessly. The fear of falling short or not meeting their expectations can elevate stress and anxiety during the event.
As the designated photographer, fully immersing yourself in the celebration can prove difficult and unprofessional. Your primary focus will be on capturing moments, potentially limiting your ability to relax and engage in the festivities. It’s important to make sure you are ok with that.
Personally, I am an advocate of photographing weddings for friends. Each time I took on the role, I set clear expectations regarding packages, pricing, and deliverables. It was a wonderful experience. Never agree to photograph for a friend unless you are absolutely confident in your ability to execute both photographically and professionally.
Have you ever photographed a friend’s wedding? Let me know in the comments below if you think photographing for a friend is a great idea or a terrible one!
Magazine editor Darius Sanai is the co-creator of an ambitious young art prize that rewards photographers for their depiction of issues around climate change, as curated by some leading art collectors. Here he gives his thoughts after the second edition of the Louis Roederer Photography Prize for Sustainability
It’s funny what can happen when you have time to think. Early in the pandemic, during a curious period of clear, dry, cool, sunny weather in London, when citizens were allowed to take one walk in the park per day, according to government rules, the idea for the Louis Roederer Photography Prize first emerged.
During some of my walks, grounded in London and wandering around Hyde Park, waving hello at a distance to equally trapped friends—the owner of a bank by that tree, owner of a foundation feeding the ducks—I chatted with a brilliant young executive at the U.K. arm of one of our commercial partners, Champagne Louis Roederer, about a new plan.
With the thinking time afforded by the onset of the pandemic, and burnished with the input of the redoubtable Maryam Eisler, the chief contributing editor at one of the magazines I run, we began discussing the possibility of creating an art prize—but one with a difference, and that would make a difference.
The idea was to bring the themes of support for young artistic photographers, and of raising awareness of key issues in sustainability, together, while also bringing some of the world’s most prominent art collectors and thought-leaders in sustainability into action.
Left to right: Darius Sanai, Audrey Bazin; Maria Sukkar; Frédéric Rouzaud; Rita Kamale, who accepted the award on behalf of M’hammed Kilito; Nadja Swarovski; Brandei Estes, 2023.
There are many art and photographic prizes already, many of which are highly respected and significant. The difference with our rather boutique prize would be that it would be curated, amplified and celebrated by some significant voices in the mainstream art world, including those with major art collections themselves. And we would bring people making a difference in sustainability – not usually associated with the art world – to the party, quite literally, to help promote awareness of the issues.
One of my key takeaways in my day jobs (as well as owning a media company, I work at Condé Nast where I have launched more than 30 titles over the last 20 years, and have a sustainability consultancy) is that we need to get out of our silos. A major art collector is also likely to be a major investor, and all investors are aware, or should be aware, of the issues and challenges around sustainability and related areas. That was a key motivation to create the Prize.
But, while we had the full engagement of the maker of Cristal, which has long pioneered sustainable farming techniques to produce its matchless champagnes, it proved to be a while until we could really get going, due to the length of the pandemic.
But finally, we did. With Maryam Eisler’s vital help, I assembled a roster of talent—the judges, who in turn would appoint nominators, who would choose photographic artists to take part in the competition. We included thought leaders in sustainability into our ecosystem. Champagne house execs planned the launch event to perfection.
Yasuhiro Ogawa, Snaking, West Java, Indonesia (2022).
Over the 18 months it took to get the first edition of the Prize ready, the planet sent us its reminders. Heat records broken in Europe, repeatedly. The first-ever record of a tropical cyclone being generated in the Mediterranean in summer. Temperatures of over 20C in northern Switzerland in December. The first summer that the Alps had zero recorded snow lying on them (only the fast-melting glaciers).
Fast forward to now, and we have just announced the winner of the second edition of the Prize. I am awed by the enthusiasm and commitment of our judges and nominators. The judging panel includes Maryam Eisler, former chair of the TATE Middle East and North Africa Acquisitions Committee and trustee of the Whitechapel Gallery; Maria Sukkar, co-chair of the TATE Middle East North Africa Acquisitions Committee; Nadja Swarovski, collector and family luminary; Sophie Neuendorf, ArtNet VP of Digital; Azu Nwabogu, Founder and Director of African Artists’Foundation and LagosPhoto Festival; Brandei Estes, Director, Head of Photography, EMEA at Sotheby’s; and Alan Lo, one of the most influential and admirable collectors in Asia and member of the Art Basel’s Global Patron Council.
Our nominators, drawn from around the world, include or have included figures like the peerless artist Shirin Neshat; investor, philanthropist and collector Nachson Mimran; philanthropist Durjoy Rahman; and Photo London founder Fariba Farshad, among many others.
As chair of the judges, once I appoint the other judges, I don’t participate in the voting process unless there is a tie (which there hasn’t been to date) so I can take a step back and revel in the quality of artistry and passion of our entrants. The winner of the first year’s competition, which was put together over nine months when lockdown restrictions were still in place in many places, was the German-Ghanaian photographer Akosua Viktoria Adu-Sanya, with her astonishing portrayals of the effects of global warming, at glacier Santa Inés in Patagonia, taken from on board an expedition ship.
This year’s prize winner, just recently announced, was a Moroccan photographer who was born in what is now Ukraine, M’hammed Kilito. He portrays with great beauty, and subtlety, another pressing environmental issue, the depletion and death of his country’s underground springs, a sustainable source of water for millennia.
Sir Guy Weston; Akosua Viktoria Adu-Sanyah, photographer and winner of the first edition of the Louis Roederer Photography Prize; Ina Sarikhani, 2022,
The top three candidates and the winner each year have their works shown at the private White Box gallery at Nobu Hotel London Portman Square. This year we gave the six shortlisted photographers a big spread in the current issue of LUX magazine, in which William Kentridge has taken over the logo, with the additional kudos of a launch, with our partner Deutsche Bank, at Frieze New York. The winner also receives a cash prize from Louis Roederer.
Physically the climax came during a fascinating evening at the Nobu Hotel, where the awards for the second edition of the Prize were made. We made a magic blend of guests. Investors mingled with collectors. Heads of sustainability for major corporates, not usually associated with art shows, and ecology academics chatted with owners of art foundations and artists.
The delicious champagne and canapés flowed, but this was a party with a purpose. The issues facing our planet are too urgent to ignore. Awareness is the first step to education, which leads to action. We in the content industry have a duty to create the first two and help others execute the latter.
Our judges, who did so much to spread the word among the art collector community around the world, are already making plans for next year’s edition of this prize that punches above its weight.
Darius Sanai is the proprietor of LUX Global Media and also works at Condé Nast International.
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We all practice photography as much as we can, but how often do you consider how you approach your practice? More focused and purposeful practice can yield better results in less time, and one of the best ways to go about that is with a project. This fantastic video essay features an experienced photographer discussing the power of projects and offering some great ideas you can try out yourself.
Coming to you from Craig Roberts of e6 Vlogs, this awesome video tutorial discusses the power of pointed projects for improving as a photographer. Part of the power of projects is that they challenge you to not just shoot good single photographs, but to establish consistency in the quality of your work. Almost anyone can create a good single image, but it takes true skill to be able to create compelling photos consistently, and a project is one of the best ways to practice this, as it gives you a wealth of data for direct comparison, allowing you to see where things are going well and where you could improve. On top of that, they are simply a lot of fun! Check out the video above for the full rundown from Roberts.
