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May 02 Written Article
For the most part I’m the kind of guy that likes to believe in that silly notion that your gear doesn’t matter. Though there are always two sides to a coin and so there are times where gear does matter, but for the most part I still believe that in...
You will never get rich charging an hourly fee. Clients will often ask you to provide an hourly quote for photography or a day rate. Personally I do not have much of an issue with a day rate because you can leverage it depending on factors such as usage and co...
Apr 17 Written Article
As photographers we all have that moment of sheer and utter terror when we discover that it is possible for someone to steal our photos. It doesn’t even have to happen to us, we just have to see it happen to someone else and a nagging horror begins tugging a...
A student on a Death Valley photography workshop I recently taught groused, “My problem is that when I take a picture of a sand dune, it looks like a sand dune. It doesn’t look like art.” It’s a common complaint in photography, and the road tha...
Mar 21 Written Article
Napoleon Hill wrote: When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more towards your coveted goal” (Think and Grow Rich p.83) Perhaps you have not found the success in your photography care...
Phlearn turns 2 years old today. These last two years have been the most important years of my life. I have learned more than I ever thought and I have failed at almost everything I have tried. I even failed at giving up, and that is the only reason you are re...
We landscape photographers are obsessed with color. We chase it from dawn till dusk, we pump it up with polarizers and graduated neutral density filters, and we eke every little bit we can get away with out of our saturation sliders. We like to talk about some...
Dec 25 Inspiration, Written Article
Setting Goals for 2013 The power of setting goals is phenomenal, but most people suck at creating goals. I know because for most of my life I was going about creating goals in the completely wrong way. Rarely did my goals result in anything and I had lost fait...
Welcome back, Phlearn Phamily! Again, my name is Brendan Shanley, and recently the team at Lost In Concert—a web-based music publication—launched a Kickstarter campaign to produce an epic 160-page book featuring amazing concert photography and artist inter...
So, you wanna shoot a rock show? Of course you do. It sounds awesome, right? Getting the up close and intimate shots of artists as they rock out literally inches away from you. Getting into the show for free. Meeting the bands and photographing their portrait....
There are many articles out there on how to become a professional photographer, this is not a how to guide. Becoming a professional photographer isn’t really that hard as long as you do list one (see below). I am sure you could become a professional ph...
Sarah Ann Loreth is a fine art photographer from New Hampshire, who specializes in self portraiture and conceptual portraiture. In her work she tries to covey a quiet stillness of emotion with a connection to her natural surroundings. From her use of color she...
Rob Woodcox is 22 years old, born in Texas and raised in Michigan. He was brought up to love nature, change, and being creative. These three things led Rob to his interest in photography, which sparked in the summer of 2009. Rob is enrolled at Washtenaw Commun...
Kyle Thompson is a 20 year old photographer who resides in Chicago, IL. Amazingly Kyle has only been into photographer for 9 months, but when you see his photos you will definitely think that is not the case. Check out this great interview where Kyle talks abo...
Oct 02, Episode 377 Business, Written Article
Having large goals and dreams are very important to pushing yourself through life. The bigger you dream, the more you can achieve. Setting goals outside of your current reach is a great way to expand what you are capable of. But what steps should you set f...
Sep 25, Episode 373 Business, Written Article
After spending the last two years creating images to complete your portfolio, you finally get the phone call you’ve been waiting for. Somebody wants to pay you to take pictures. Awesome! You spend an hour talking with your first client about all the cr...
My John Carter Experience On a recent flight from San Francisco to Chicago I had my choice of movies, and decided to go with John Carter. I was actually curious about this movie to be honest, as I hadn’t heard much about it other than it was a flop. Not one ...
This week we have chosen 2 winner’s to win a Phlearn PRO. To the left is Sarah Allegra, and to the right we have Beata Rydén. We loved your photos so much, beautiful work. To get your Phlearn PRO please contact us here. Thanks so much everybody for yo...
Congratulations to the winners of last week’s contest! We had to pick three this week because your entries were just so good! Congratulations to Rubén Chase, Lauri Laukkanen, and Karina Boissonnier! Please contact us here to let us know what Phlear...
Congratulations to the winner of last week’s contest, Rob Rice! Rob submitted images from his trip to Colombia and they were all beautifully documented pictures of the people and places in the country. Here is one of them: Rob, make sure you conta...
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