The Importance of Patience

“Sometimes things aren’t clear right away. That’s where you need to be patient and persevere and see where things lead.”  — Mary Pierce   “Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.” —  Samuel Johnson   These...

Themes: an answer to the question, “What is there to shoot?”

Shooting to a theme is one way to keep your mind quietly alert to photographic opportunities.  In the context of photography, a theme is simply a coherent set of subject matter.  A theme could centre around a set of objects, (Doors, Abstracts, Hands) or it could be a...

Watching the Moon Through the Window

Few spectacles are as impressive as the rising of the full Harvest moon. It’s just incredible! This image shows the September, 2016 Harvest Moon rising through the North Window in Arches National Park. If you look closely, you can even see other people enjoying the...

Tell YOUR Story

The Photo Essay class walks students through the entire process of creating a photo essay, from choosing a story through selecting the final 20 images. Come learn a working method you can use to create further photo essays. Examples: Each essay created in the class...

Shooting Silhouettes

– BPSOP Instructor: Scott Stulberg Most of the time when we are photographing, we’re thinking about the perfect exposure. We don’t want to underexpose or overexpose our images but we especially want the main subject to have the right exposure.  But...

Food for Thought

Food for Digital Thought: You know you got it child, if it makes you feel good What do you do if you know you’ve just taken a great photo…a keeper…an OMG shot???? Do you do react differently when you’re alone verses when you’re shooting with someone else? Is it a...
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