Photography Week in Review It’s Friday (yay!) and a lot has happened in the photography world this week. Whether you’re a news junkie, technophile, love everything photographic, or just want to know what you might have missed, I compiled a list of the biggest photography news from this past week. Here is the most influential […]
Archives for August 2015
Creating Visual Tension in Your Photographs
How Creating Visual Tension in Your Photographs Makes Better Images What the eye sees in a photograph, and how our mind perceives it, is affected by the composition and positioning of the elements in a frame. Overwhelming the eye with too much visual information runs the risk of alienating our viewers. By creating visual tension […]
Are We Headed For a Photographic Revolution?
The world progresses whether we want it to or not, and that is the same for any artistic mediums. After reading Stephen Mayes article “The Next Revolution in Photography Is Coming” in Time magazine this morning, I think he may be right a photographic revolution. Stephen Mayes a visual communication strategist and the former CEO […]
How to Rekindle Your Photographic Passion
Losing hope and finding little joy in your creative pursuits is a warning sign of an impending creative depression. I’ve battled it many times and know the self doubt it brings. To battle creative depression I’ve always revisited the source of my inspiration to see what moved me in the first place. For me it’s […]
10 Unwritten Photographic Rules
Some people wonder what some of the unwritten photographic rules are, and ultimately what makes a great photograph. Those who do not practice photography, haven’t been trained in the medium, and don’t know the history of photography often have questions as to why a photograph is famous, or often assume that by using the rule […]
On The Road: Something In The Way in Aberdeen
I woke up after a strange night of sleep in my car overlooking the Columbia River emptying out into the Pacific. Across the River I could see Astoria, Oregon, a city I unwittingly passed through in the middle of the night in search of somewhere to crash once I went over the long bridge into […]
20 Quotes To Help You Find Photographic Inspiration
A photograph can be a reminder of the halcyon times in our lives, or cherished moments we can relive by viewing our pictures. An image that affects more than just you is a photograph, a perfect moment in time captured that lives on past the photographer, and helps the viewer to see something they haven’t […]
Richard Bernabe Uncovers The Spirit of Africa
Richard Bernabe, a landscape, nature, wildlife, and travel photographer gave up corporate America some years ago to pursue a full-time career in photography. He gave up job security, a comfortable salary and career stability in order to chase his dream of being a professional photographer. He, like many photographers before him, built a truly successful […]
How the Monetization of Instagram/Facebook Affects Your Web Presence
Photographers that have built a solid following via Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, 500px, Flickr, have started to face the reality that these photo-sharing hotspots and social media hubs are first and foremost a business — and their existence is to make profit and not to support your photography career. I’ve known photographers who have had hundreds […]
The Most Played Out, Overused Photographic Trends
Photographic trends are created by software or camera technologies that push the limits of what is optically possible, i.e., high dynamic range, ridiculously high ISO sensitivity to light, software mimicking a tilt-shift camera, instagram filters, film emulation presets, and the list goes on… Often new photographic techniques become trends when photographers, engineers, camera companies embrace […]