Nature
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Why Subjects Should Move a Bit to the Side
When you take a picture, where do you instinctively position your main subject – the center of your image? Smack-dab…
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Subjects Need Their Space
In the previous chapter, we discussed opting not to position the main subject where everyone expects it. But where to…
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The Underrated Portrait Format
How many photos from your last trip were shot in landscape format? Maybe 95 percent, or 98? Holding the camera…
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The Value of Documentary Images
A picture of the salt deposits on the tires of the jeep. A picture of the ice crystals that cover…
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Explaining Color Modes in Photoshop
Before you begin work on a photo, it’s a pretty good idea to know what the image is going to…
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Understanding Image Size and Aspect Ratio
One of the most overlooked topics I see is the mystery of image size in terms of dots per inch…
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Using Blur as an Element of Composition
A large part of my personal portfolio, the use of blur in my personal photographic work is ever expanding. I’m…
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