Commentary on LIDLIPS
“This book isn’t about lighting or technique.  It’s about how you think about photography, how it intertwines with your life, how it excites your passion.” David Ziser – Digital Pro Talk
“Just got a …

This Week’s LIDLIPS
96. Don’t confuse distraction with creativity.
97. There are many ways to cross the chasms.
98. Mistakes happen. Get used to starting over.
99. Listen to the resonance inside.
100. Be prepared for your dreams to come …

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91. Look along the edges to find the in-between.
92. The exotic is easy. The common is hard.

93. Allow yourself to be captured.

94. Ignorance is relative.

95. Creativity mixes with safety about as well as …

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86. Embrace stress as the opposite of apathy.
87. The frames of history are meant to be broken.
88. A camera is not a license to be a jerk.
89. Kodachrome is dead. Long live Kodachrome.
90. …

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81. The boldest creatives dance on the tightrope when it has no safety net.
82. If you don’t believe in your self, then don’t expect others to believe in you.
83. Sometimes the best way …

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76. Ignoring the manual is no longer manly.

77. Play photography as a team sport.

78. Your ‘Decisive Moment’ is still out there.

79. Spend more time shooting that you do reading web forums and blogs.

80. …

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71. When you’ve got nothing to lose, don’t be afraid to lose.
72. Choose your friends wisely.

73. Listen for answers to questions you didn’t ask.

74. “Thank” and “you” are two of the most powerful …

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66. If you follow someone else’s path too long, you’ll lose track of where you left yours.

67. Sometimes “good enough” is better than “the best”.

68. Making yourself vulnerable is a sign of strength.

69. …

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61. Humor contributes to global warming.

62. Creativity and curiosity are fraternal twins.

63. The more I look at my work, the less I like it.

64. It used to be that photography was just another …

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56. Hollywood is waiting to teach you how to light.

57. Sometimes it is more important to look like you know what you’re doing than to actually know what you’re doing.

58. Sincerity, humility and …

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51. If your camera was a pencil or a crayon it would be easy to understand its limitations..

52. There are times when you have to hang it all out there – without any …

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46. Creativity comes as a breeze before it comes as a gale.

47. When a prospect says “It’s a simple job, don’t worry”, then it’s time to worry.

48. There’s no direct connection between the …

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41. Light is like water – both are boring until you put something in them.

42. There will be times when you should take a long break and other times when you should push …

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36. Make photos even when you don’t have a camera.

37. Don’t undervalue the importance of your monitor.

38. Accuracy is measured by experience not by color space.

39. A camera and a thick dictionary have …

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32. Be open to your camera capturing realities that you did not see.
33. Just because someone has a strong opinion, does not mean that he’s right.
34. The hardest time to create is when …

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28. You can seldom pay your mentors back.
29. Beautiful light happens… sometimes.
30. You can’t create and edit at the same time.
31. The news can be as addicting as pornography… and just as distracting.

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22. There is nothing more interesting to us than photographs of other people.
23. Be the director. Your lens gives you that authority (and responsibility).
24. There is no I in “personal”, but there is …

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18. Make tons of mistakes and fail frequently.
19. Don’t worry about “having a defined look”.
20. Understand that owning a photograph is different than owning the right to reproduce it.
21. MTV has changed the …

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13. Learning photography is just like becoming fluent in a foreign language.
14. Invest more in your education than you do in photo gear.
15. Understand that the meaning of “traditional photography” is relative …

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