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Finding calmness in your day

© Brad Mangas One of the goals of this blog is to share information that can be beneficial to you as well as nature. To help reinforce the paradigm that nature is healthy and regenerative when it comes to our personal health. It is my belief that artwork of nature can provide the visual experiences and benefits when physical presence is not available. Have... [Read more of this review]

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Working up an image

© Brad Mangas - straight out of camera I have posted before on how I routinely go through my old image files looking for new inspiration and images that deserve a second look.  I have a habit of saving almost all shots, I will delete the obvious disasters but I probably save more than need be. I have been trying to go through and get rid of shot... [Read more of this review]

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Prairie photography

© Brad Mangas The challenges of photographing wide open spaces is always work with no end in sight. The opportunities seem limitless. I think this is why I love it so much. To some it may seem like a no brainer, just point and shoot right? If it were just that easy. The camera by no means is the human eye, it will not see what your looking at. From... [Read more of this review]

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Daily Photograph, July 19

© Brad Mangas I’m not sure what it is about this image that I like. Might be due to when I took it, I had no intention of really doing anything with it. I was waiting for the sunrise from what would be picture left, enjoying the coolest part of a very hot day to come. The clouds had a way of lining up with the road  that caught my attention.... [Read more of this review]

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In Search of the Intimate Landscape

I read a post recently that’s been on my mind every since. Provided on Art Wolfe’s blog, guest columnist Guy Tal writes “In Praise of the Intimate Landscape“. There are so many articles I have read from Guy that are to the point and stated with words that one can almost feel the emotional connect to the subject. There are a handful... [Read more of this review]

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Are You As Good As Your Equipment

© Brad Mangas I spend many hours looking at photography. I spend many hours reading about photography and photographers. There are many people out there that have some very nice equipment. When I say “nice” for the most part I meen they are using slr’s and primarily dslr’s. Without getting all technical about cameras it is my... [Read more of this review]

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Benefits of Failure

I read a short quote last night on twitter, “The essential part of creativity is not being afraid to fail”. — Edwin H. Land. Edwin H. Land co-founder of The Polaroid Corporation. Yes “that” Polaroid, the one you take a picture with pull the sheet out of the camera and watch it develop before your eyes. I love reading quotes... [Read more of this review]

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Seeing past the obvious

© Brad Mangas I sat down on my back deck last night with camera in hand and this Easter Lilly next to me. The lilly has multiple blooms open providing the view of beauty and life as all flora does. How does one go about photographing something? Do you just take a picture and what you see is what you get? Is there a reason to look further, look past... [Read more of this review]

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What makes your photography style?

© Brad Mangas Don’t read this expecting an answer to that question. In my opinion there is no definitive answer. And maybe even more surprising, in my opinion, to answer that question could be a bad idea. Some years ago it was a question that plagued me. As if I had to find out. After all reading some of the most popular publications and articles... [Read more of this review]

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Lessons Learned From Limited Gear

Not long ago I was engaging  with a friend over some typical photographers talk. Conversations of lenses, filters, bodies all the way to processing techniques. This conversation path is most apparent when two or more photography minded souls spend time together. It’s not isolated though to personal conversations. Gear talk is from cover to cover... [Read more of this review]

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How do you become a better photographer?

I recently listened to an interview with Jay Maisel, photographer of 50+ years and Jay was asked, “How do you become a better photographer”? His answer, 1. “Become a more interesting person”, 2. “Don’t study photography, study life”. Now is that the answer you want to hear when you ask a renowned veteran photographer... [Read more of this review]

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Daily Pic, February 10

© Brad Mangas One thing I can say about the daily pic, it keeps photography fresh in my mind everyday. Many things are written about improving ones craft, mostly on the technical side when it comes to photography. Books, magazines, blogs, workshops and just plain old advice from friends. How do you take a good picture? What do I need to know to get... [Read more of this review]

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