A Thousand Words at BlogHer '13

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A Thousand Words

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A Thousand Words

DANIELLE TSI, DanielleTsi.com, @beyondplate

JENIKA MCDAVITT, Psychology for Photographers

LUCY HEWETT, LucyHewett.com, @lucyhewett

PANELISTS

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Danielle Tsi

• Shadows• Negative space• Texture• Moments

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Guiding Principles

• “Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst” (Henri Cartier-Bresson) • “A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.” (Ansel Adams)

• “It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera…they are made with the eyes, heart and head” (Henri Cartier-Bresson)

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Breaking It Down

• Keep a simple color palette• Choose perspective• Play with height• Pay attention to details

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Jenika McDavitt

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Canonical Perspective

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Canonical Perspective

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Lines

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Contrast

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Contrast

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Faces

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Faces

“BlogHer is a snake meal of

ideas in a wonton wrapper of

love. Afterwards you need a 2-

day nap, then it nourishes you

for a year.”– @debontherocks