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Shooting with a shape in mind

Shooting with a shape in mind

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Shooting with a shape in mind

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This may sound counter-intuitive, but very often, the best path to a really open space of creative freedom is a path that's very contained. Giving yourself limitations is very often the way to eliminate a lot of extra choice in the world and get focused in a way that opens your eyes up to a world that you normally can't see. So, this week on The Practicing Photographer, I wanna give you a very simple assignment, and that is triangles. Just go out and shoot triangles. That's it. I know that might not sound like much of an assignment, but there are a lot of triangles in the world. There are isosceles triangles and equilateral triangles. We're not worried about what kind. There are literal triangles that you can see. There are triangles, in this case, made up of different shapes. There are triangles that are implied. And the fascinating thing is that there may be loads of triangles right around your house and places where…

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