I originally set out to write a ‘do’s and don’ts of skate photography’. As I started to jot down my notes, I realised that a lot of these so-called rules strangely contradict themselves. There are no absolute rules to photography. So instead, this is just a massive muddle of information that you can try to pick apart and use within your own world of images.
Taking advice (like mine) or criticism is essential to growing and evolving your photography. You need to soak it all up, then filter it out and see what actually applies to you. Whether it’s just your mate, your mum, the skater, or your favourite photographer, take all the advice in and assess it, then reassess it, and if you don’t like it, throw it out.…
