It’s January 2021 and the COVID-19 pandemic still has a strong grip on the planet. It has certainly curtailed my travels and photo expeditions. Yet that got me thinking… what is my photo library filled with? Lots and lots of photos of places I visit often - and those places are close to home. And that presents an opportunity for a photographic study… variations on a theme.
In today’s podcast, I explore this notion of variations on our oft-photographed subjects and share three ideas to pursue your own variations on a theme.
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