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Using good photography skills always

Using good photography skills always

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Using good photography skills always

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- We all take photos for a lot of reasons. Sometimes we are going out to practice photography but at other times we're just documenting things and we're taking snapshots. And if you're like me, you actually kind of keep a dividing line between those two realms those two photographic realms. They almost become different disciplines. Sometimes if I'm out just with some friends or something and it comes time to take a snapshot, I don't actually do the work of a photographer, I just go, "Oh, okay", and I take a picture and I end up with these just kind of ordinary-looking snapshots. Today, on The Practicing Photographer, I want to talk to you about how there's no reason not to always be a good photographer. You can bring your photographic skillset to bear on any image. And here's what I'm talking about. I was riding through Death Valley and I got to a place that I really like and I also was ready to get off the bike for a…

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