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Let Go of Expectations and Embrace Failure With David Thompson

Let Go of Expectations and Embrace Failure With David Thompson

Update: 2022-07-12
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Episode 67: Today I sit down with landscape photographer, David Thompson, to chat about:

  • A story about the photograph that sparked his early interest in photography
  • His relationship with creativity
  • How being naturally curious has shaped his approach to photography
  • The importance of accepting failure as part of the learning process
  • How composing small scenes has changed how he composes grand landscapes
  • How to achieve visual flow with your subject, structures, and other compositional elements
  • How he continues to challenge himself in his photography
  • His approach to composition and how it depends on what the light is doing at the time
  • The importance of midtone contrast and luminosity in the way he post-processes his photographs
  • Color cast - how it can negatively impact color separation and how to fix it
  • Advice for finding your creative vision for your photography
  • How to make landscape photography and the outdoors more inclusive and accessible
  • A whole lot more!


LINKS MENTIONED:

Website: davidthompsonphotography.com

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Let Go of Expectations and Embrace Failure With David Thompson

Let Go of Expectations and Embrace Failure With David Thompson