
How the Alexander Technique can help Photographers
Body Learning: The Alexander Technique
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How I Learned to Lift the Camera Up to My Face Without Hunching Down
Alexander Technique has applications to a wide range of activities, everything from performing arts to injury recovery. I have been forced to apply my principles of Alexander Technique to lifting the camera up to my face without hunching down - which is really what's common. And this really enhanced my ability to photograph for longer periods of time. Some projects require photographing for hours on end; sometimes I would sit, sometimes I would stand, sometimes get down on the ground. So some of my friends who are teachers, they remind me to lengthen my spine, leave with my head, and keep my back back.
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