5 Ways to Make Better Photos With Your Mind!

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It’s not about where you are. It’s about how you light.

In today’s Photographic School video we get away from fancy gear and software. We’re going to talk about 5 things you should be using in your mind. Applying these factors will guarantee you better images EVERY time!

We’ll look at 5 images that have all merited at the PPA International Photographic Competition. Watch the video and look at a specific factors in each image that can be applied to any image any time and help build our ability to craft award winning photos images both before and after we release the shutter.

We dig even more deeply into these concepts in the EXposed and PHOTOGRAPHICS series.

Great images start not in the camera but in the mind. Today we’re going to see how!

— Gav

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  1. Hi Gavin,

    I would like to say that i really enjoyed todays Presentation. I particularly liked the way you pointed out the Simplicity of thinking the shot through. I for one was a volume photography guy until one day i woke up and realised all the time i was wasting in volume shooting. It`s amazing the actual time you save by looking for that one photograph even though it`s taken all day to achieve one decent Image. This also teaches you how to really use your head and the Camera/lens etc to achieve something close to Perfection. Photography is there for us to let others see exactly what we were thinking of when we took the Shot. In essence it`s far easier to have your work appreciated by one image rather than skipping through tons of snapping rather than true imag Capture.

    I love your stuff gavin. Please keep up the good work.

    Brian.

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About the Author

Glad you're here.

I'm from WA State USA and started studying photography in 97. I started work as a pro (using that word loosely because I sucked) using film at age 16. I learned fast but was not as easy to find training then. Sometimes I beat my head against the wall until I figured stuff out.

As digital dawned I went all in and got to study with masters like Ken Whitmire. In 09 I founded the Pro Photo Show podcast. I started promoting tone-focused editing. When Lightroom arrived, I started developing tools to make editing and workflow better.

20 years of study and photography around the country earned me a Master of Photography (M.Photog) from PPA. I got to see my workshops and tools featured in publications across the industry. Once I even won the prestigious HotOne award for my "EXposed" light and tone workshop.

Wanting something calmer, I moved to Mexico in 2017. It's a land of magical light. I'm here now exploring light and trying to master my weak areas. I make videos of that for my Youtube channel, sharing what I learn. I hope you'll stick around and be part of Light Hunters Tribe... Gavin

Gavin Seim

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