Marc Silber is a five time return guest and photography author of the new book Create: Overcoming Fear to Unleash Your Creativity. Today Marc shares with us how fear can stop us from being our most creative self as a photographer and how to overcome it. Mark also talks about journaling and how he practices visualization when taking photos and how mornings are the best time for him to be creative.The Big IdeasVisualize quickly and act.Visualize your creative ideas.Go out and shoot.Try differen...

338: Marc Silber - Living a Creative Life : A Photographers journey to overcome fear

The Beginner Photography Podcast is a free weekly podcast hosted by professional photographer Raymond Hatfield who interviews world class photographers of all genres who share what they wish they knew when they got started so you can grow your creative photography skills faster! The podcast is brought to you by CloudSpot.io, the client gallery system that is always #EmpoweringPhotographers

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475: Nate Crawford - The Art of Selling Your Photography to Big Brands

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338: Marc Silber - Living a Creative Life : A Photographers journey to overcome fear

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