1. Throw out the rule book. (Kind of an oxymoron here)
Read MoreMy personal photography rules (Remember in photography, rules aren't laws)
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Shawshank Redemption
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This is one of my favorite movies Shawshank Redemption, There is a line here in the movie that most people miss. When Andy says that he is going to get out of the prison Red tells him that it is nothing but a sh*tty pipe dream. Does anyone remember how Andy escaped? Remember to get busy living or get busy dying.
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John O. Roy
IRA GLASS ON STORY TELLING
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Below is a video of Ira Glass, he is a veteran radio personality and host of This American Life on National Public Radio, giving great advice to become a great story-teller. I think that Ira has an amazing insight. I would recommend looking at all four of his videos on YouTube (http://tinyurl.com/7nxdxte) Thanks for http://vimeo.com/thedak for posting the video below.
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A Darkness Visible: Afghanistan
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Everyone talks about the war in Afghanistan but few people take a look at whole thing at the human level. I think that Seamus Murphy does this extremely well in this documentary film produced by
How I know that I got the shot
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My wife asked me the other day, how do I do I know when I got the image that I was looking for. I had to think about this for a little while. Then I told her, “When I am one with my camera and my shutter makes a different kind of click when I release the shutter. ” Does this ever happen to you?
Follow up on my recent Portfolio Review
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Here is a blog post from Heather Frederick from VoxPhotographs Gallery. Heather was one of my reviewers at my portfolio review. http://blog.voxphotographs.com/2012/05/20/commitment/
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John-Roy Photography