Amateur Photographer

Kim’s P.A.U.S.E™ method

- AWARE UNDERSTAND SHIFT EXPLORE

PPAUSE, slow down and take a few deep breaths.

ABecome of your surroundin­gs, how you feel in your body, and what you see that attracts your eye. Notice any thoughts that you have about your subject: I like it, I don’t like it, it’s not pretty enough to photograph etc.

Uthat this is simply a perception that can be changed. Understand that everything changes.

Sthat perspectiv­e and try to see your subject as colour, shape, texture, lines and light. Be aware of what is possible in this moment.

Ea new way to photograph your subject – consider an abstract, a block of colour, a shape or even a texture. Can you make something ordinary extraordin­ary?

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