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Photography drills

Photography drills

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Photography drills

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- Some people like to throw around the cliche that practice makes perfect. There are other people who like to counter that with the cliche that, well, only perfect practice makes perfect. I'm hoping to one day come up with some kind of cliche to counter that, but so far I don't have anything. All I know is that one, practice is necessary to get better at something, and two, sometimes practice is tedious and a chore. As a photographer, it could be difficult to know how to practice because when we go out to shoot, we always know that there's a chance we could come back with a great shot and so, we don't necessarily allow ourselves to stay in that practicing mindset where we allow ourselves to just work our craft without worrying about whether we're good or bad, or succeeding or failing. If you're a musician, or painter, or dancer, or even an actor, or writer, there are very definite exercises and drills that you can…

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