Photographer and author David duChemin recently released three ebooks targeted toward helping beginner-to-intermediate photographers. Two ebooks cover basic photography principles and the third focuses on composition. I plan to purchase one entitled “10″ to test a recent discovery. I discovered that I concentrate better and speed-read less when I read a book on my [...]
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The story
David duChemin writes, When I consider the unique challenges of telling stories within the confines of a single photographic frame, two aspects of storytelling come to mind. The first is the study of themes that tie the image to our deeper, more universal human experience. The second is conflict, revealed in the frame by contrasts. [...]
Struggling rather than creating
Bench in the rain “It doesn’t matter what you are photographing; a sense of story will make your images more engaging and compelling.” Thus writes David duChemin in his book Within the Frame: The Journey of Photographic Vision. Hmm. Must go for a walk and think small. The world is much too complicated to continue.
Surprises
According to a new-to-me author and photographer, I can forget all about spot metering, grey cards, and the perfect exposure on the LCD of the camera. No, I need to concentrate on getting the most digital information on my digital negative, writes David duChemin, author of “Within the Frame: The Journey of Photographic Vision”. And [...]