Shoot Outside The Box

Text & Photography By Russ Burden

Published August 10, 2017
Updated August 14, 2017

If you don’t know what “to think outside the box” means, simply translated it’s to think in unconventional ways and...

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Photography is what motivates me to move through life in a positive way. Photography is ͞All About The Light͟ and it’s the first thing I seek out before I press the shutter. Optimally, I pursue great subjects in great light, but if there’s an ordinary subject in great light, I still press the shutter. I love to share the photographic knowledge I’ve accumulated and I hope my enthusiasm is contagious so I can motivate others to feel the same way I do about my photography.

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