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…”
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How to be creative
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”).
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How to catch the moment
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”.
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Fast Fashion / Boycott Boohoo
ADRESSING FAST FASHION. Do we really want to give Billionaires our money, who are growing their fortune on the back of poor people?
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The-Ordinary-Project (and being grateful)
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.
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How to not give up
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.
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In your style
“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…”
In the Mirror
…We can blur a bit, we can hide a bit, yet we still have evidence of ourselves in that very moment.
How to remember
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.
Self-Assignment
Single, strong photographs are all well and good, but a series of pictures can tell a much stronger, more complex story.
On embracing
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.”
How to get the feeling into the picture
THE most important element in a photo is emotion; that it makes me feel something.
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Home-Stories
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.
Home-Photography
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 steps to super-resilience
5 ways to master setbacks and become super-resilient.
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Travel lightly
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?”
Festival Attitude
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.