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How To Overcome A Fear Of Taking Photos In Public Being scared/embarrased to take photos in public (or just generally of people) is something every photographer will have faced up to at some point in their career, and I feel once I finally manage to overcome it then nothing else will seem as difficult.
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Final Friday Flickr Five Second Edition Once again, I list five Flickr contacts that I think everyone should add to see examples of great photography.  These are all contacts that I've found whilst browsing Flickr and the internet over the past month.
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What Flickr is Lcking It's been a very long time since Flickr has had an overhaul, in fact it hasn't changed at all since I signed up properly in August 2008.  Many of the features it's lacking have been adopted by independant websites which if all brought together would make Flickr a true photo sharing beast.
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Embarrassed By Your Photography As I begin the push to launch my Facebook Fan Page, I'm suddenly struck with a terrible sense of embarrassment and insecurity about my photography.  It's not the first time and I doubt it'll be the last.
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Finding The Time & Keeping a List We've all hit that burnout point in photography, when you just don't feel like picking up the camera.  I'm the first to admit I'm trying to juggle an awful lot with stock photography/flickr community and this blog.  Keeping a list of fresh and new ideas will mean you're never short of inspiration.
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Latest Stock Posts

  • Finding The Time & Keeping a List We've all hit that burnout point in photography, when you just don't feel like picking up the camera.  I'm the first to admit I'm trying to juggle an awful lot with stock photography/flickr community...
  • 10 Steps To Getting Started in the Microstock Industry I've been going over and over these in the last week, chopping and changing but I think I've narrowed it down to ten.  Bearing in mind I'm no pro in this field just yet, these are the steps I took...

Latest Shot Explanations

  • Accidental Exposures When you first get a camera, any camera, you'll happily snap away for hours at the same thing. Tinkering with the settings then having another go, not really fully in control of what you're doing. You'll...

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Photograph of my pretending to be Michael BubleA 26 year old photographer based in Harrogate, North Yorkshire currently working as a stock photographer.  The thoughts, notions and ideas on this site will hopefully inspire others. Read on, and welcome to my blog.

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