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Quick Workflow Steps for Image Enhancement

The Photographer's Ultimate Toy Kit

If there is one thing photographers like almost as much as buying a new camera, it’s buying lots of little toys to go with it. Unfortunately, a lot of the more important accessories—flash units, filters, tripods—can be quite expensive. But there are lots of really inexpensive and useful accessories that can save the day in a pinch. Best of all, you can sneak them past your better [...]

Take a Spin on the Color Wheel

Tracing the history of color theory is one of those roads that once you start meandering down, you find yourself feeling a bit like Alice who, after eating a strange piece of cake and growing so enormously tall that she could no longer see her own feet, uttered the famous words, “Curiouser and curiouser.” Indeed.  Depending on which books you read and how far in history [...]

Consider Your Subject — More than Once

Finding a potentially interesting photograph is a pretty exciting moment for most photographers since it’s the reason that we own cameras and spend our free time hunting for pictures. Once you’ve found a subject with promise, however, it’s important that you push past the first flush of attraction and take time to “work” the subject a bit. Refining the shot and [...]

Flower Photography: How to Prep Plants for Close-ups

How to Find Frames within Frames

Tips on Underwater Photography

Wait for the Sunset Afterglow

A lot of times when I’m shooting sunsets at the beach, I’ll see people hop out of their cars, snap a few frames as the sun hits the horizon, and then leave. Those are probably nice shots, but the real show often begins about five or ten minutes after the sun has hit the horizon; it’s a time I like to call the afterglow. It’s during this brief period when color flares up [...]

Photographing Animals at the Zoo