For some photographers, working in black and white is easy — it’s as if they see in black and white, or in shades of gray. For others, color is king. For these individuals, it’s more than just getting their colors to look good in the final image, it’s about using color in the most effective […]
Photographic Composition Articles
Now that most people don’t bother printing their photographs, the aspect ratio is not something that’s really discussed very often. However, an understanding of Aspect Ratios can help you not only with the composition of your photographs, but especially with your printing, and especially if you’re having your work printed in a professional laboratory. Let’s […]
There is something about the color red that make our brains go a little bit crazy. A symbol of love, rage, courage, desire, power, and passion, it is one of the prime colors that can have an amazing impact on people and, as such, an amazing impact on your photography. The earliest attempts at photographing […]
In photography, most of the time the subject is placed off-center in the frame unless it is a photo where someone fills the frame or the subject is placed in the center intentionally. When subjects are placed in the center without a reason, the image can become less interesting, and static. When Will Your Subject […]
Our world is a 3-dimensional space, yet every photograph we take is a 2-dimensional representation of it. Therefore, it makes sense that lines play such an important role in composition. In composition, lines play various roles, from giving the image a structure to even guiding the viewer in and out the image’s own space. Lines […]
Composing with color is something that many photographers have been abandoning, and is one of the most interesting ways to create a compelling photograph. I must admit that it is still hard for me to create good color photographs, and not because I don’t like color, but because it’s hard for me. Every time I […]
