David duChemin – Photographer, Author, Creative Instigator

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The following is a rant and it contains some spicy language.

Some of my earliest lessons in this craft served me very well—at the beginning.

Want to make stronger photographs?

Some of my most frequent advice is to shoot through a scene.

I should have been on a flight to the Yukon on Wednesday.

Learning to use a camera is only the very first part of this craft.

I’ve got a question for you.

If everything went to plan, I’m currently in the bush on the Zambezi River, probably just settling in for the evening by the campfire with a whisky in my hand and a blanket of stars above me.

I spent yesterday morning with a cup of coffee at the local marina, staring at the boats and the light and breathing it in, my deep pleasure at doing nothing at all spoiled only by an apple croissant that was, in fact, filled with marzipan.

Your photographs probably don’t matter that much, and neither do mine.

Not 20 minutes after my arrival at Kutali Camp on the Zambezi River in Zambia, a large bull elephant strode through camp, walked up to the lunch table, and sampled—then summarily rejected—the cucumber salad that was due to be my lunch.

I’ve always loved high-key images for their simplicity, elegance, and power.

I have an early memory of going photographing with my dad on a morning after a big ice storm came through.

Starting has always been tough.