Category: Inspiration & Showcases

Martin Stranka is one of my most favorite photographers. I decided to open his inner world made of fragile subtle senses filled with poesy and sounds of beautiful music to readers of PhotoDoto.

All this gives us opportunity to enjoy visual side of this whole universe in one person.

J.B.: Martin, I know that most of readers are waiting to see here questions mostly about your photos, probably some bio and if they are lucky enough even get some processing tips or general photography advises. But I want to talk to you about inspiration, and mostly about its musical component.

… Continue reading Martin Stranka and Music of His Dreams

Most articles which talk about improving your photography business will tell you about how to become a better photographer.

Some will tell you about the need to improve your business skills.

Sure, those are important. But I think they’re missing something. And it’s ironic that they’re missing the most obvious and most important part of your business – you.

… Continue reading Grow Your Photography Business By Growing As A Human Being

I see more and more magazine articles and blog posts where disillusioned photographers advise aspiring young passionate artists not to enter this career.

A few weeks ago, for example, I picked up a popular photography magazine and was left depressed because just about every article talked about photography being a dying profession and the inadequacy of it to pay bills.

The feature article of the magazine in question had an interview with an industry hotshot, and her golden piece of advice in that article was not to consider photography as a full-time career, but to limit it to “weekend-warrior” type of gig.

Really?

… Continue reading How To Become A Professional Photographer. Now.

Today we’re going to talk to a photographer whose creativity and capacity for work astonishes at first sight. So, please welcome Tony Sweet. He’s a many-sided personality who has achieved success in various spheres of life (that includes music, lectureship, photography, authoring). He’s one of these great guys that you would call a self-made man. And this experience is reflected in his photos.

Tony is known as American nature photographer who likes travelling and finding new camera-catchy landscapes. His portfolio is filled with amazing pictures from locations in Iceland, Cuba and USA among others. His photographer’s eye captures things that ordinary people are more likely to miss.

… Continue reading Tony Sweet – The Man of Thousand Talents And One Fantastic Photographer [Interview]

Who does understand minimalism as a form of art? I guess, quite less people than those who like it. Have you ever noticed that you like a photo, music, video or any other artwork, but you can’t explain why it is so attractive for you?

It excites your mind and you can’t take your eyes off of it. Minimalist photography is this kind of things.

… Continue reading When Less is Really More: Minimalism in Photography [70+ Examples]

Today we want you to meet Geoff Powell – a fine art photographer who runs workshops in France and the UK along with online courses. He’s a successful painter, a photographer, a blogger, a businessman and a happy father. Geoff’s day has more than 24 hours and he’s very happy with it.

In this interview we tried to show you real Geoff Powell – the person who stands behind all those beautiful wildlife photos you’ve probably seen earlier. So enjoy the conversation and a roundup of photos taken by this cheerful fine art photographer!

… Continue reading Interview with Geoff Powell: “I’m an Artist, Photographer, Birder & Creative Thinker”

There are millions of things which can spoil your photography. And there is no sense to enumerate all of them, because this list will be almost endless.

So we decided to concentrate on several factors that can be minimized or even brought to nothing – they are also known as 7 deadly sins.

… Continue reading 7 Deadly Sins of Professional Photographers to Watch Out For

When it comes to naming the best, the most professional, the most famous photographers of the world, it always makes me shrug, because you just can’t name all of them, and you can’t make a “top 10” list of artists of any kind, because art is not about rating.

But still, there are some famous photographers, pronounced more frequently, and knowing them is a must if you don’t want to blush in a company of snobby slightly bearded guys in hipster glasses who might ask you “So you’re a photographer? And who’s your favourite?”

So here we go.

… Continue reading Who are World’s Most Famous Photographers?