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Old-guard photographers told me I was “destroying the industry” by sharing “trade secrets.”
Chase Jarvis • Creative Calling: Establish a Daily Practice, Infuse Your World with Meaning, and Succeed in Work + Life
Creative Calling: Establish a Daily Practice, Infuse Your World with Meaning, and Succeed in Work + Life
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For each image, I’d ask myself: What are the elements that make this good? Why did someone choose this image over the hundreds that must have been available? Technique was critical, that was obvious, but at this level, technique was a given. What elevated an image?
Chase Jarvis • Creative Calling: Establish a Daily Practice, Infuse Your World with Meaning, and Succeed in Work + Life

It sounds simple, but it’s shockingly powerful: Deconstruct Emulate Analyze Repeat DEAR for short.
Chase Jarvis • Creative Calling: Establish a Daily Practice, Infuse Your World with Meaning, and Succeed in Work + Life
Extraordinary Everyday Photography: Awaken Your Vision to Create Stunning Images Wherever You Are
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Craig Mod — Writer + Photographer
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Scott Belsky Talk at South Park Commons
Often designs from frustration
Right now, greater skill is being brought by compute and developing a democratization of many things (code, design, etc.). Because of this, taste will probably be the most important skill
Taste is derived from culture and overlap of industries
Because of that