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Photographer Clayton Cubitt<\/a> has some notable words of advice for aspiring photographers in his blog<\/a> — here is just a sample:<\/p>\n Rules were meant to be broken, yes, but it feels much better if you know what the rules were in the first place. Picasso started as a realist. Once he had that down he could paint whatever he wanted. Be like Picasso. He got laid a lot. For more, go here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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\nOK, artsnobs, cringe all you want because they sell his prints at the mall, but when Ansel Adams said \u201cThere is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept\u201d he was clued in to a fundamental truth of the universe. Also, you\u2019re just jealous that his shit\u2019s popular.
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\nBokeh is the term that describes the out-of-focus areas in a picture. These areas are just as important as the in-focus areas. Just like life.
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\nExpensive gear won\u2019t make your images better, and more gear won\u2019t make you more effective. If you can\u2019t do it with a basic camera, you can\u2019t do it. The simplest 10% of a camera does 90% of the work. The rest is cock-waving for specialists. That short, aging bald guy in the red sports car? The one with erectile dysfunction? That\u2019s your fancy camera.
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\nWhat makes up a style? Find a photographer you really admire and\u00a0rip him off mercilessly.<\/em> Consider it a remote apprenticeship. This is the history of culture. One day you\u2019ll accidentally start doing original work, and then some young punk will start ripping you off. And the cycle of life is continued\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n