Photography Tip Of The Day – Number 42
Digital Camera World is quite an interesting magazine and we we came across an article over the weekend packed with famous photographers tips. We’re going to publish one each day, they’re not mobile but have a broader reach. We think you’ll enjoy this.
The next one we’re going to mention is by Simon Roberts a Documentary Photographer who studied at Sheffield University before studying photojournalism. His work has been widely exhibited around he world. You can view some of Simon’s work here.
Take a look at Simon’s tips below:
One I particularly like from Simon is ‘be an author of your own work, not merely an illustrator of other people’s ideas’ – this is a hugely prudent point. He also recommends seeking out mentors whose opinions you trust and ask them to regularly edit and critique your work – now this is a key one. As we all know the mobile photography community is very close but that also has a danger if you like, I think of creating a creative echo chamber – at least this is my opinion – so stretch beyond it (this latter is my own tip btw 😉
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photographer, photography journalist, editor and curator and the founder and editorial director of TheAppWhisperer.com, an independent international photography publication established in 2009.Her journalism, criticism and commentary have appeared in The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Financial Times, BBC, Vogue Italia, LensCulture, Popular Photography, Android Magazine, NikonPro, DPReview, Which Digital Camera and Which Camera. She has lectured internationally on photography and mobile art, served as a juror for international photography awards, and exhibited her own photographic work across the UK, Europe, South Korea and the United States.Alongside her editorial work, Joanne's photographic and postgraduate research explores death, grief, memory, representation and social inequality through contemporary photography, participatory practice and visual research methods, with the longer-term aim of developing this work through doctoral research.Through TheAppWhisperer, she continues to publish independent photography journalism spanning contemporary photographic practice, mobile imaging, photographic apps, computational photography and emerging imaging technologies.Joanne is available for editorial commissions, photography projects, judging, curatorial work, speaking engagements, consultancy and selected collaborations.
