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My Photography Journey: A Descent Into Madness

My visual descent into a kind of soft-lit madness.

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So, I decided to learn photography.

I know you nevยญer asked, but hereโ€™s my proยญgress (in chroยญnoยญloยญgicยญal order):

  • Taking picยญtures of wifey while sheโ€™s posยญing for Instagram.
  • Becoming comยญfortยญable with takยญing picยญtures in public.
  • Taking iPhone picยญtures like Iโ€™m Picasso of digitยญal phoยญtoยญgraphy or something.
  • Starting to folยญlow real phoยญtoยญgraphยญers on Instagram.
  • Realising that Iโ€™m a shit photographer.
  • Asking wifey to teach me how to take betยญter phoยญtos, but her explanยญaยญtions conยญfuse me.
  • Borrowing my wifeโ€™s Canon 70D.
  • Failing to underยญstand โ€œManual Mode.โ€
  • Watching YouTube tutoriยญals on shutยญter speed and aperยญture only to become more confused.
  • Returning to iPhone phoยญtoยญgraphy by getยญting a newยญer modยญel with โ€œan excelยญlent camera.โ€
  • The iPhone camยญera has a mind of its own, and I realยญise Iโ€™m someยญhow desยญtroyยญing my picยญtures when editยญing them.
  • Watching YouTube videos on editing.
  • Realising that Iโ€™m shit at editยญing, too.
  • Trying many apps only to realยญise that most are marยญginยญally betยญter than Instagramโ€™s natยญive tools.
  • Becoming frusยญtrated and almost givยญing up.
  • Deciding to become a good phoยญtoยญgraphยญerโ€‰โ€”โ€‰whatever it takes.
  • Trying Adobe Lightroom CC, and my mind is blown.
  • Spending 100+ hours watchยญing Lightroom CC tutoriยญals on YouTube.
  • Realising that I need to be takยญing high-qualยญity RAW photos. 
  • Going back to my wifeโ€™s Canon 70D.
  • Remembering that Iโ€™m shit at takยญing photos.
  • Putting in 150+ hours in the field just takยญing lots of photos.
  • After 4,000+ picยญtures, I start getยญting the hang of โ€œManual Mode.โ€
  • And look at me dodging and burnยญing in Photoshop!
  • Getting more likes on Instagram.
  • Looking at real phoยญtoยญgraphยญersโ€™ work on Instagram and realยญising that Iโ€™m still shit.
  • Focusing (no pun intenยญded) on composition.
  • Realising that I know jack shit about subยญjects, leadยญing lines, balยญance, rule of thirds, negยญatยญive space, sepยญarยญaยญtion, etc.
  • Finding even betยญter phoยญtoยญgraphยญers on Instagram. Thinking of givยญing up.
  • Taking a good picยญture by chance, woohoo!
  • Getting my first full-format DSLR (Canon 5D MKII). 
  • Talking about the importยญance of โ€œpaintยญing with light.โ€
  • Feeling a mad pasยญsion takยญing over my life.

And here we are. Work in proยญgress, mind you. 


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Jerry Silfwer, alias Doctor Spin, is an awarded senior adviser specialising in public relations and digital strategy. Currently CEO at Spin Factory and KIX Communication Index. Before that, he worked at Whispr Group NYC, Springtime PR, and Spotlight PR. Based in Stockholm, Sweden.

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