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SHUT UP and Shoot:
A quick start guide to better
mobile photography

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What to expect
‣ Keep an open mind.
‣ It’s all about the light.
‣ Zoom with your feet.
‣ Control exposure and focus
separately.
‣ Silence your inner critic.

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‣ Secret to strong storytelling.
‣ Power of observation.
‣ Forget the Filters.
‣ Shooting from and for the heart.
‣ Setting goals, deadlines and study time.
‣ How to always be ready.

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Eye HEart+

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mobile photography is hard!

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I trust that the creative eye
will continue to function,
whatever technological
innovations may develop.
- Ansel Adams 1983

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“Light makes photography.
Embrace light. Admire it. Love it.
But above all, know light. Know it
for all you are worth, and you will
know the key to photography.”
~George Eastman

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Technical proficiency is highly
over-rated.
OBSERVATION

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There is no bad light, only the
wrong light for a particular
subject.
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ZOOM*
with your feet
CROP
Don’t
instead
*NEVER use the mobile zoom feature

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SILENCE THE
INNER CRITIC

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DON’T THINK,
JUST SHOOT

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“ Your first 10,000
photographs are
your worst.”
~Henri Cartier-Bresson

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LIFE BALANCE
IS OVERRATED

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BE READY!

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Shoot from
the HEART

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Energy and Directed Attention
2. COMPOSITION

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The Rule of Thirds

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“Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to
accomplish something.”
~Thomas A. Edison

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Finding Your Visual Voice
POSTPRODUCTION

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Let it BAKE
Cut off the Ends
&

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TRY THIS:
See if you can go one day of
shooting EVERY time your inner
voice say's, "I'd like to take a
picture of that."

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ASSIGNMENT:
Take 20 images of one thing
from different angles.

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ASSIGNMENT: Make a list
You have to know what you want to see
before you can see it.

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You must have a GOAL
in order to score.

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Love your experiments,
as you would an ugly child.

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Henri Cartier-Bresson
Garry Winogrand
Saul Leiter
Roy DeCarava
Helen Levitt
William Klein
Vivian Maier

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It’s as easy as...
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KEEP CALM
and
๏Be PROLIFIC try to make it to 10,001 images, but
remember EDIT, we don't need to see all 10,000 of
your ugly children. :)

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๏ Be ready! You want to make sure that when your “mind”
says shoot, you have no excuses, like "Oh, my camera
was in my purse, pocket, or *gasp*, your camera wasn’t
around.
KEEP CALM
and

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๏practice PRACTICE practice
๏Master your tool and your creativity soars.
๏Give yourself ASSIGNMENTS and DEADLINES!
KEEP CALM
and

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