March 6, 2010

My list of photography no-nos.

Long lenses + small depth of field (Congratulations. You have stepped outside of automatic mode, now please move on)

Close ups of food or corners (Seriously, no one cares. If I want to see soup up close, I’ll stick my head in a bowl of it next time)

Selective colour photos (Yawn)

Purposely using wonky angles (If you’re not Winogrand then don’t even bother)

Homeless people (Shooting fish in a barrel)

Flickr (99.99% of it is shit. Don’t use it as a reference for what constitutes “good photography”)

HDR (Seriously, just no)

Fake tilt shift (Yes. Fake)

Not telling a story (All surface and no feeling makes baby Jesus cry)

Listening to anything I have to say (What the hell do I know anyway)