Dress like you want to be
Fake it til you make it. This principle can be helpful with a lot of situations. Some people even claim it can make you rich.
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Daniela Reske
Interview with Daniela Reske: “You must not be a perfectionist when doing documentaries, otherwise you`ll end up unhappy.”
Fashion Storytelling
WHY STORYTELLING IS THE HEART OF FASHION. These days, a lot is talked about the future of fashion and how fashion companies can survive. A few months back I had an interesting interview with Prof. Dr. Jochen Strähle, head of the fashion and textile faculty at Reutlingen University.
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Networking
HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF OUR NETWORK. Having a strong network, we can make use of the brain, ideas and wisdom of many, not just our own.
Changes ahead
How will Fashion change after this crisis? Fashion always used to react to crises and political changes. Because people long for change after a period of difficulties.
Courage and Massive Action
WHY WE NEED TO TAKE MASSIVE ACTION NOW. Conor McDonnell started out as a teenager wanting to get into concerts for free. After his first chance to photograph a concert, he wanted to do more.
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Seeing fresh
HOW SEEING WITHOUT THINKING HELPS WITH OUR PHOTOGRAPHY. The concept is to capture the moment of “seeing fresh”.
Creative work
HOW TO GET CREATIVE WORK DONE. One of the biggest traps for creatives is postponing: Either because of “waiting for inspiration” or because of perfectionism, saying “I`m not good enough yet, conditions are not ideal at the moment,…”
Trust the next step
WHY THE VERY NEXT STEP COUNTS. Often, I think: “Man, why don`t I seem to be able to think of a smart plan for my career?” However, thinking about it, it seems smarter to me to just take and engage in one step at a time. And trust that God knows what I don’t, and that he will guide me in the right direction.
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Light and Style
HOW LIGHT DEFINES YOUR STYLE AND THE MOOD IN YOUR PICTURES.
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Dream big
HOW A CRAZY GOAL CAN ADD FUN TO YOUR WORK. Would you like to release a crazy amount of joy and fun in your work? I might just have the secret for you.
Feelgood Photography
Special feeling for special photographs. When feeling emotional, have your camera with you. In my experience, I tend to see more when I feel good.
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Lockdown Photography
HOW HARD TIMES CAN HELP YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY. Do you recall the last days before your personal Corona lockdown? I remember them like it was yesterday and the pictures that I`ve taken.
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New Year
As we start the new year, it`s a good time to go through all our photos of this year. Of course, to reflect on the past twelve months.
Life is now
This life, I want to avoid saying “I can do that later” to something that I fancy doing.
Copycat Creativity Technique
How to boost your creativity with the copycat technique.
Copying, as “bad” as it might sound, is actually a very good technique to get creative.
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The Stories we tell about ourselves
Be successful by smart storytelling. How do we define success? And are we giving it our own definition, or do we let others define it for us?
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How to learn from mistakes
Isn`t it that our own mistakes are our best teachers? Yet, I`m still afraid to make mistakes.
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Creativity
Creativity needs some prayers and letting go. It needs fresh air and downtime. Chats with friends, some laughing out loud and being childish.
Light-Photography
Some of my favourite photographs are of light. By that, I mean light as the main element; those pictures that are purely about the light.
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Character-Style (How to dress with character)
In fittings at Wunderkind, Wolfgang Joop sometimes grabbed the fabric of a perfectly ironed skirt or blouse and creased and puffed it up slightly to make it look more “alive”.
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Criticism: Five thoughts
How to deal with criticism. Five thoughts after a rather harsh experience with criticism.
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Story (about the pleasure of not having)
… Time went on again. Just seconds before it had stopped for her. She thought about their little chat and how he had looked this morning: like New York …
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Capture the 50:50
Be ok with the 50 : 50 of life by photographing the full human experience – including positive as well as negative, and everything inbetween.
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How to win time
How making appointments for your task is freeing up time. Time Manager Dave Crenshaw is calling this “positive procrastination”.
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Work for joy
When nothing has to but everything can become. Is your work giving you more energy back than it takes?
Shadow stories
Have you ever been out and wondered how to take a picture with yourself in the scene – but without taking a typical selfie?
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The Happiness Factor (in Photography)
Happiness is a bigger factor in photography that you might think.
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Fashion and Memories
How fashion photographs can help you clear out your wardrobe. Detail shots of clothes or shoes are not pointless at all.
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