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Marcia Abboud's avatar

So interesting, Edward! I love this 😍 I knew how important imagery is to your pieces, but knowing the depth of your process selection is intriguing! 🤍

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Edward Swafford's avatar

Haha, thank you, dear Marce.

I ran a bit over 15 minutes on that one…

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Marcia Abboud's avatar

Couldn’t even tell, darling. It went fast! It was really fascinating!

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Mark Armstrong's avatar

Excellent tips, and a great example of the power of the Crop. At some point, of course, you'll need to put in a kind word for illustration... 👍😅

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Edward Swafford's avatar

You’re mentioned in Part 4!

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Mark Armstrong's avatar

Oh, boy!!— can’t wait!! 😜😅

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Edward Swafford's avatar

Another 40 minutes of me talking!!! YAY

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Chelsea Nelthropp's avatar

These r such great tips! I’m inspired to up my image game. Loved listening to your lovely voice while attempting to put the baby to sleep 🙃. Looking forward to part 2.

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Edward Swafford's avatar

Thank you! This one had to be a bit boring, the next one has many more visual examples of “mediocre” editorial images contrasted with exceptional ones, and I explain what the differences are.

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Tina Rogers's avatar

This really helps demystify image selection. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

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Edward Swafford's avatar

Thank you!!

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Debdutta Pal's avatar

Who forgot your poems? They must be in the Matrix. 😁

This was a lot of fun. I almost feel bad for all the pictures I'm going to crop.

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Edward Swafford's avatar

😂😂😂 Even I forget some of mine but remember the images.

#Cropping4lyf

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H. R. Sinclair's avatar

Man's got the eye for gold. Ain't no one seeing like him.

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Edward Swafford's avatar

I’m like Haley-Joel Osmont from The Sixth Sense.

Except, I don’t see dead people.

I’m out here crouched in the corner, rocking slowly, murmuring to myself.

“I see high-res people…”

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H. R. Sinclair's avatar

“The pictures are talking to me… they say you’re dead already…”

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Samantha Lazar's avatar

Your pictures are always stunning! Thanks for sharing your process!

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Edward Swafford's avatar

Thank you! I hope this series helps ppl 🥹🥹.

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Ann Marie Steele's avatar

You are so correct about images. I usually struggle finding the perfect one!

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Edward Swafford's avatar

I hope this has made things slightly easier!!

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The Forgotten Muse's avatar

This was very insightful and useful! Thank you

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Edward Swafford's avatar

Thank you! 🥹

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Ral Joseph's avatar

I'm always I love with good Photography. This episode speaks volumes and truth

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Edward Swafford's avatar

You are always so kind, sweet Ral.

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