A bittersweet state of mind
Bittersweetness is a tendency to states of longing, poignancy, and sorrow; an acute awareness of passing time; and a curiously piercing joy at the beauty of the world…
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Business Cinema
When you spend a complete day in a business you can create a different kind of Business Portrait.
Shine and go with the flow
How do you react when people don`t act how you would like them to act and when situations don`t turn out as you would like them to go?
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Vision
When making decisions or planning, ask: Does this serve my purpose? This way we can move forward according to our values.
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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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.
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.
Criticism: Five thoughts
How to deal with criticism. Five thoughts after a rather harsh experience with criticism.
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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.
The Secrets of Happiness
It’s good to loosen up at times. To do stuff with no ambition.
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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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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 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.
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?”