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You will create many great photos in your life. But you will also have many failures. But that’s okay, because even the world’s greatest photographers expect to fail.

Photos are everywhere, even when we’re not looking. This week’s inspiration features a photo by John McGraw that almost didn’t happen.

We learn about the importance of seeing and we learn from the most unlikely of teachers: Improve your photography composition by thinking like a child.

We take a step away from the camera today to discuss a mental block you may not even be aware of: Loving your own work.

In Part II of the Outdoor Studio, Photographer William Gill gets technical about his lighting setup as he illuminates a large train in marshland.

Introducing the art of photographing trains at night, photographer William Gill gives us a behind-the-scenes look at his methodology and routine.

A photo can be many things. But most of all, a photo can be simple.

Taking a step back from our camera and our photographs, we explore the three main components that every great photograph should have. You may find it interesting that perfect exposure isn’t the most important element.

Even in the world of photography – an art that allegedly replicates the world before our eyes into a printable media – art is not so specifically defined.  I feel that photography is modern art, and it can be as abstract or as chaotic as any other media to the right eye and mind. Photography is versatile and adaptable.  Maybe not in the camera, but in post processing, the image can be manipulated and re-purposed   And so it’s not so easy to categorize the end result.  Are modified photographs still photographs? I am going to admit a change of opinion on my part.  Five years ago, when the bones of Shutter Photo were just getting roughed into place, I considered myself to be more of a photojournalist.  Not that the subjects I was photographing were newsworthy, nor were they necessarily recording specific historical details.  Rather I believe I had a photojournalists ethic:  Change nothing, present the photograph as accurately as could be seen by the naked eye.  My art was based on new angles, different and uncharacteristic perspectives of subjects and spaces that weren’t commonly seen.  I was shooting to “get it right in the camera”, and I prided myself on what little …

Photographers are a crazy bunch. Laying on the pavement, climbing trees – standing on crates just to get the right angle. We can collect some pretty interesting comments and gather a lot of strange looks. It’s inevitable. But we need to overcome. In this article, I share about my own silly experiences and how I overcame my own fears.