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Movies on the big screen sometimes have valuable nuggets of wisdom that can be applied to photography (and life). We recently shared one such clip from the movie "The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty." Here's another one from the movie "Boyhood."

In this 3-minute clip, the main character, Mason, has a conversation with his photography teacher, Mr. Turlington, in the class darkroom. It turns out to be a fatherly lecture about the importance of adding hard work and other qualities on top of natural talent.

Yesterday we shared a cringeworthy short film about how photo sharing has altered the way we experience the special moments in our lives; instead of being in the moment and enjoying it, it's easy to get caught up with making sure it's caught on camera (and perhaps shared on social media).

The 2-minute movie clip above shows a different outlook on life and photography. It's from the film "The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty," and features actor Sean Penn as a photographer named Sean O'Connell.

Filmmaker Ian Gamester created this video of moments collected over the course of several years, inspired by artist David Hockney's photocollages, his famous "joiners."

If you liked the the “impossible shot” from the film Contact that we shared earlier this week, …