Time and progress
How to validate your progress. “…But if your goal is the time itself, just the time, then it becomes much simpler and more achievable…”
How to validate your progress. “…But if your goal is the time itself, just the time, then it becomes much simpler and more achievable…”
How habits help with our creativity. “Forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you`re inspired or not.” (Octavia E.Butler in “Bloodchild and Other Stories”).
How to be creative Read Post »
THE DECISIVE MOMENT. Overthinking is very inconvenient in photography, especially photojournalism. If you think instead of just pressing the shutter, you will usually miss the “decisive moment”.
How to catch the moment Read Post »
ADRESSING FAST FASHION. Do we really want to give Billionaires our money, who are growing their fortune on the back of poor people?
Fast Fashion / Boycott Boohoo Read Post »
Focusing on the ordinary might as well help with something else I often struggle with: being grateful for basic things. Like breathing or a warm shower or breakfast.
The-Ordinary-Project (and being grateful) Read Post »
The big majority of all photography graduates don`t actually work as photographers, because they have given up too early. Talent is nice, but what really makes a person successful, is refusing to give up despite setbacks.
How to not give up Read Post »
“You’re not going there to get a job. You’re going there to present what you do. There it is – and walk away… And there is power in that…”
…We can blur a bit, we can hide a bit, yet we still have evidence of ourselves in that very moment.
Even if I have never seen the photograph itself: if I have taken a picture, an event is much more likely to stay in my memory.
Single, strong photographs are all well and good, but a series of pictures can tell a much stronger, more complex story.
WHY EMBRACING SITUATIONS IS VITAL. “It´s always important to have a plan before you go out on a shot. That said, things are going to happen that is going to mess with your plan.”
THE most important element in a photo is emotion; that it makes me feel something.
How to get the feeling into the picture Read Post »
TELL YOUR HOME STORY. Having a camera on me when leaving house has been a habit for me for a few years now. It just makes my day much more interesting and special.
I remember my co-worker saying: “This just made my heart so happy.” This sentence has stayed with me somehow because it`s such a cute thing to say and at the same time so authentic.
5 ways to master setbacks and become super-resilient.
5 steps to super-resilience Read Post »
There was a pilgrim staying overnight in some guys home. Looking around, he noticed that it was pretty much empty except for a table, chair, bed, and books. The pilgrim asked the guy: “Where are all your things?”
HAVE A FESTIVAL ATTITUDE IN YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE. Be responsible and think of the environment around you. Have love to detail. “Understand the power we’ve got, to achieve that decent, better society, where everyone matters”, says Corbyn.