Take pictures on purpose. Let me back up. Compose your pictures on purpose. Let me back up further. Arrange the elements of your composition on purpose-then compose-then take the pictures. It is easy to become enamored with a dominant feature in a photographic composition and miss the opportunity to...
People are excited about HDR and, for good or ill, it appears to have some long legs. Until it becomes yesterday’s effect or tomorrow’s standard, you need to understand some basic HDR processes. These will help ensure that you are creating a great image-not just an effects demo. Finished Image Just because...
Save Time in Software Improve Composition Save Megapixels All by reading the new article at Rikk’s Holy Crop! blog. Crop Rotation: Two Butterflies Rikk Flohr © 2010
“knowing the sun’s imminent location is
critical to composing the image”
Sunsets are much easier to photograph than sunrises. The difference is, literally, night and day. The biggest reason? You know where the sun will set because you can watch it descend. This allows you to place yourself, your foreground...