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We are all creatures of habit. We go out for a day of photography and we tend to make the kind of pictures day in and day out. Perhaps it is people on the street or beautiful landscapes or buildings and cities. We might have our own style to them, but we use the same aperture and shutter speed. We stand with our cameras up to our eye and press the shutter.

Try going out and if you are right eyed use your left eye when making pictures for the day. If you always make pictures straight on including the whole person, try making a picture of a person from behind, or just their hands, or even...

Using the your same old camera day in and day out can put you in a rut. You become so comfortable that you lose that excitement that you had when you first started. Suggestion: borrow another camera one that you have never used before, perhaps a Rangefinder if you always use a SLR camera, or try using a film camera when you always use a digital camera. You will find it sharpens your senses and you will get that excitement back. Besides you will might find out some new ways of shooting.

A rangefinder is a very difficult camera for me to use although a lot of famous photographers swear by...

Went out on Monday to make some pictures of Coney Island for a freelance magazine article that I was submitting some of my photographs. Beautiful day, sunny clear not cold, I thought wow a great day for making pictures. The Cyclone and Wonderwheel were looking good.

I developed the pictures myself after I returned using a changing bag (darkroom technique) and finally they were ready. I noticed that my close up pictures were nice and sharp, but it was strange that all the distance (taken to infinity) pictures were not sharp. I then had a talk with a friend that had borrowed this 24mm wide...