Let It Evolve

As your skills grow you become more selective before you make an exposure

Russ Burden

Updated July 27, 2016

As your ability to create better photographs evolves, you shoot fewer frames, as you don't recreate mistakes you made in the past.

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Originally Published October 24, 2011

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