Dietrich Gloger

Interesting and very well thoughtout article. Personally I agree with most of it, but "forgetting" the masters is not a good idea in my opinion. Of course copying them neither, but trying to undertand why their images stand out and reading and learning about their philsophy is worth doing. I think learning and understanding why they made images, how they selected a certain scene/composition , why it motivated them to make a photograph is as - or maybe even more - important than studying their photographs. It's like getting into their minds and getting an understanding of

Hi Kenn, interesting article because I am in the process of getting my website ready. I have no plan to use it to market my work, rather I want to have a public place that I designed to show my images. Something I can refer to when I tell people about my hobby. So maybe I made that mistake: "Appear Professional, Even If You Aren’t" But then: Don’t pretend to be something you’re not. (Is it just me, or is there a contradiction in your arctice..;-)  ) Regards Dietrich

Edit: "article" not "arctice"

I agree and disagree... Mozart was able to play piano at the age of four and composed at the age of six. I think this is talent because at this age, he did not rationalize what he was doing. He was by far too young to reflect on his life and his approach. There was no focus, or discipline or competitive thoughts. He was still a little boy. Da Vinci - he had no higher education, could not do proper math or calculus. Everyone knows what he was able to accomplish - basically everything and much more some 500 years ago than trained academics of today are capable of - being innovative for exam

Thanks for this detailed description of your adventures Marc!  I always wondered how you plan, manage and execute your trips. It is interesting to learn what happens between your shots and how you get there. Really impressive. And come on - don't feel like a wimp. The feeling is common for every human being out alone, in complete solitude. I once did a backpacking trip alone, in the north of Finland. I rarely encountered other human beings up there. And those I met either did not speak english, nor they just would not speak at all....;-)  I felt very forsaken...

Hi Stan, it was due time to post something like this. And of course it is Stan who dares to go public with this. Thanks a lot and congrats. It pretty much sums up all the generic, formulaic recipes we see in nature and landscape photography. Particularly No#2 hits the nail on the head in my opinion.   Admittedly, we are all guilty of it. And I want to add that when thing look good and appealing, then it doe not matter whether the idea is old. I have a suggestion for a 12th item: The "pointing the camera upwards in a gove of trees (aspens) against a blue sky&quot