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How to Stand Out as a Photographer Today

Lisa Michele Burns — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 02:38:47 +0000

Standing Out – How to get your work seen as a photographer Photography as an art form and potential career has grown in leaps and bounds in recent years. With technological advances, accessibility to high quality equipment and endless platforms to showcase our work, never more so than now is photography almost everywhere we look. Saturation is a big word being thrown around these days within the industry. Is there too much saturation within the world of photography? Is social media creating a crowded market? Are we getting to the point where it’s difficult to break into the industry? The answer is yes. But, that’s okay because there’s also a huge demand for creative content and so many opportunities and entry points to begin working as a photographer if you know how to firstly, create a niche and secondly, stand out. I believe this so called saturation is in fact pushing photographers to work harder and create fresh content in order to compete which not only does themselves a favour, but the entire industry gets a boost. Plus, I like to think photographers are a friendly bunch so the more the merrier, right? It’s an exciting career because it’s endlessly...

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How to Overcome Creative Block + Avoid Burnout

Lisa Michele Burns — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 23:20:19 +0000

Are you feeling uninspired and struggling with burnout? Creativity is a wonderful thing. Like taking a break from the real world, it allows you to get caught up in your own vision and thoughts. A form of escapism that can result in works of art, dreamy images and innovative ideas. What happens though when you run into a creative block or start to approach burnout? Those weeks that just blur together in a haze of frustration, lack of motivation and very tall brick walls. If you work in a creative industry I’m sure you know what I’m talking about. I’ve spoken with a lot of photographers and writers who’ve run into creative blocks and most of them feel exactly the same. The urge to create is strong but there’s a constant doubt cloud that hovers over every idea, every image and every word. While there are no doubt a number of factors that contribute to getting a little stuck creatively, I’ve found one major player has for me personally been a big drain on creative thinking. Social media. Scrolling through images on Facebook or Instagram, most taken in landscapes and destinations you dream of being in at that very moment...

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