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Monthly Archives: January 2026

Quiet Superpower

Learning from mistakes is one of the quiet superpowers in photography. It’s not glamorous, and it rarely shows up in the final image, but it’s the force that quietly shapes your eye, your timing, and your instincts. Every missed focus, blown highlight, or awkward composition is really just a breadcrumb pointing you toward the photographer you’re becoming. What makes mistakes so valuable is that they reveal the gap between what you saw and what you captured. That gap is where […]

Slow Down

Somewhere along the way, photography turned into a race. A race to get the shot, to get all the shots, to fire off twenty frames before the moment even knows it’s happening. But lately I’ve been reminding myself to ease off the shutter‑happy reflex and just… slow down. There’s something refreshing about taking a breath before lifting the camera. Letting the scene settle. Letting yourself settle. Half the magic of a good photo isn’t the settings or the gear—it’s the […]