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One Vision, The Base For An Artist's Work
one vision, the base for an artist's workCreating from your own vision is the most fulfilling way for any artist to work. To connect to this vision and express this in your art/ photography is...
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Start From Where You Are
Start from where you areOften we think we need the perfect location, the perfect camera or lens to capture the image of our dreams, but we already have the most important tool and this is creativity...
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The Gap Between Where You Are And Where You Want To Be
What often comes up when thinking of having a vision for your art, your photography, is that nagging feeling of inadequacy. Don't mistake a unique vision for your work with a goal in the distant future...
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Creativity Is Soulwork: Choose Carefully Whose Opinion To Trust
Creativity is soul work, but what if your soul gets crushed? You absolutely love to take pictures, to paint, to sing, to play music and at some point someone tells you that you are no good at it. It...
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5 Tricks To Help You Stay On Your Own Creative Track
Even for artists who know what their vision is and how to express it in their art, these can be trying times. In the old days you would take a picture, make a work of art and would only get a handful...
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5 Ways To Stay Inspired And Stop Sensory Overwhelm
You have probably read these words from me before, but if you are a creative, your inspiration is a priority. We know that in order for us to create, we need inspiration, but we do very little to keep...
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Turn Off The Voice Of Fear Of Failure
Turn Fear Of Failure Into Being UnstoppableCreativity comes with fear for most of us; the fear of failure. This is no different for photographers. Often we stay well within what we consider safe,...
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How Reviewing Your Pictures Can Greatly Improve Your Photography
One thing I recommend in my eCourse Your Vision Your Story is that you regularly review your own work and do so thoroughly. I have done this all my artistic life. In fact I have large folders with...
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How To Create A Colour Mood Board To Help You Discover Your Personal...
I am passionate about creating from your deepest self, working from your own vision and to find all the right elements that help you translate your way of looking at the world into strong story-telling...
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Are Social Media Destroying Your Self Confidence?
Last week I wrote a post on Instagram about the effects of social media on self confidence. I got so many responses to this that I decided I would write a blog post about this. It is ever so easy to...
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How To Find Your Personal Photography Style
First of all; what is a photography style? This is the way I define the difference between a vision and a style. Your vision is your personal filter through which you see the world. This filter has...
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How To Capture Magical Sun Rays
How To Capture Magical Sun RaysSun rays make every forest scene looks enchanted and magical. How to photograph these heavenly sunbeams, when to capture them, what lens to use and what conditions to...
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Step Up Your Photography By Capturing Storytelling Images
Storytelling is inherent to being human. Ever since we started to populate this planet, we told stories. Even before humans were able to speak, people told stories by drawing in caves, later by telling...
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Fall Photography: 10 Ways To Capture The Magic Of Autumn
For many landscape and nature photographers, autumn is their favourite time of the year. The colours are stunning, dewdrops make for magical macro photos, the nights are colder and this increases the...
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The Pursuit Of Inspiration In Photography
Do you ever feel like you somehow lost connection to inspiration? That the times you felt truly inspired feel like distant memories? I think all creatives go through this from time to time and even...
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Patience Pays Off In Photography
As I am sitting here reflecting on the past few weeks that I got to spend in the mountains in France, I keep thinking about the light and how it affected my work and my work pace. For my forest...
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The Key To A Personal Photography Style
Last week I was going over the pictures I had taken in France and this got me thinking of what exactly it is that is responsible for a personal photography style. This subject just kept popping up in...
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The Perfectionist Photographer
Many people believe perfectionism to be a very positive trait. People who are perfectionists are perceived as hard workers, as very conscientious and as people who will go the extra mile. The thing is...
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The Magic Of The Moment
One of the things that I am asked most often is about my way of working. Many people wonder how there can be room for spontaneity if my pictures are sort of prepared in advance. The Magic Of The...
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Negative Space in (Forest) Photography
Negative Space In (Forest) PhotographyEven though many forest photographers voice having sky or a lot of negative space in their images, it is a crucially important part of a photograph. Including...
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