Best Advice

I thought we'd try to do some "interactive writing" and come up with a top 20 list of the best advice we've received as photographers. Only one per post and you must include the previous item(s) from the list so that the final post is a list of 20. (kind of like the "12 days of Christmas") Does this make sense? The new post needs to be in bold.

So, if I post first, I write:
1. Buying better gear is not going to make you a better photographer.

The next post would look like:
1. Buying better gear is not going to make you a better photographer.
2. Get a job you love.

. . . . etc. etc. etc.

There are probably lots of lists out there, and it will be interesting to compare them with what we come up with.

Let's give everybody a chance to put something in, so no more than 2 tips per person (unless we can't get enough and then we'll open it up to more)

So, I'll start:

1. Photograph the things you love and also that you don't love. It will keep you from getting into a rut.

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1. Photograph the things you love and also that you don't love. It will keep you from getting into a rut.
2. Don't forget the lens cap.

1. Photograph the things you love and also that you don't love. It will keep you from getting into a rut.
2. Don't forget the lens cap.
3. "Lines...draw lines!" What the great master Ingres said to Degas. Translation - "Photos...take photos!"

1. Photograph the things you love and also that you don't love. It will keep you from getting into a rut.
2. Don't forget the lens cap.
3. "Lines...draw lines!" What the great master Ingres said to Degas. Translation - "Photos...take photos!"
4. Be passionate in life and let that passion flow through your photographs.

1. Photograph the things you love and also that you don't love. It will keep you from getting into a rut.
2. Don't forget the lens cap.
3. "Lines...draw lines!" What the great master Ingres said to Degas. Translation - "Photos...take photos!"
4. Be passionate in life and let that passion flow through your photographs.
5. Watch carefully, it's the best way to understand different places, cultures and people.

1. Photograph the things you love and also that you don't love. It will keep you from getting into a rut.
2. Don't forget the lens cap.
3. "Lines...draw lines!" What the great master Ingres said to Degas. Translation - "Photos...take photos!"
4. Be passionate in life and let that passion flow through your photographs.
5. Watch carefully, it's the best way to understand different places, cultures and people.
6. Learn the rule of thirds.

1. Photograph the things you love and also don't love. It will keep you from getting into a rut.
2. Don't forget the lens cap.
3 "Lines...draw lines!" What the great master Ingres said to Degas. Translation - "Photos... take photos!"
4. Be passionate in life and let that passion flow through your photographs.
5. Watch carefully, it's the best way to understand different places, cultures and people.
6. Learn the rule of thirds.
7. Keep the batteries fully charged!

1. Photograph the things you love and also don't love. It will keep you from getting into a rut.
2. Don't forget the lens cap.
3 "Lines...draw lines!" What the great master Ingres said to Degas. Translation - "Photos... take photos!"
4. Be passionate in life and let that passion flow through your photographs.
5. Watch carefully, it's the best way to understand different places, cultures and people.
6. Learn the rule of thirds.
7. Keep the batteries fully charged!
8. Learn by reading. Improve by doing. Your best photograph won't be taken from an armchair.

1. Photograph the things you love and also don't love. It will keep you from getting into a rut.
2. Don't forget the lens cap.
3 "Lines...draw lines!" What the great master Ingres said to Degas. Translation - "Photos... take photos!"
4. Be passionate in life and let that passion flow through your photographs.
5. Watch carefully, it's the best way to understand different places, cultures and people.
6. Learn the rule of thirds.
7. Keep the batteries fully charged!
8. Learn by reading. Improve by doing. Your best photograph won't be taken from an armchair.
9. Once you understand the rules feel free to break them.

1. Photograph the things you love and also don't love. It will keep you from getting into a rut.
2. Don't forget the lens cap.
3 "Lines...draw lines!" What the great master Ingres said to Degas. Translation - "Photos... take photos!"
4. Be passionate in life and let that passion flow through your photographs.
5. Watch carefully, it's the best way to understand different places, cultures and people.
6. Learn the rule of thirds.
7. Keep the batteries fully charged!
8. Learn by reading. Improve by doing. Your best photograph won't be taken from an armchair.
9.Once you understand the rules, feel free to break them.
10. Keep your equipment in good working order. It will pay dividends for years to come.