The Creative Image–Cell Phone Photographs and Cyanotype Prints

Join Joyce Wilson's Photo Workshop and explore the creative side of iphoneography and cyanotype printing.

Travel Photography with Chuck Place

Travel Photography is much more than shooting snapshots of your vacation. Images created during your travels should transport you back to the magic you felt as sunset light washes over an ancient Mayan pyramid or recall the drama of colorful …

3 Photographic Techniques For Creating Beautiful Direct Sunlight Portraits

With just 3 techniques, you can create beautiful, striking portraits out in direct sunlight. Modifying harsh sunlight and positioning your model properly can lead to startling results.

Fill The Frame For Greater Visual Impact

The first step in creating any image is knowing what you want to say about a subject or location. Be clear in your own mind what is important and what is secondary. Then make it clear to your viewer by …

Mastering Lens Flare For Beautiful Images With Impact

Camera lens flair can be a creative tool adding another level of drama and emotion to your photographs.

Aperture Priority–The Auto Exposure For Photographers

There is an auto-exposure setting on most cameras that allows a photographer to set the proper depth of field while the camera picks the appropriate shutter speed for a correct exposure—“A” or “Aperture Priority”.

Photo Capture–Only Half The Battle

Text and Photography by Chuck Place Today’s photography software is amazing, especially post-production software like Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom. Capturing an image is now only the first step in producing a finished photograph. How an image is processed can …

Get Creative With Alternative Photographic Processes

Modern photography blended with the techniques passed down through centuries gives us a powerful tool for experimentation and creating art, and one such tool is encaustic wax.

Directing Your Models–A Photographer’s Guide

Learn to pose and direct subjects for natural environmental portraits.

Photographing The Beautiful Flower Show On Figueroa Mountain

Using a camera to capture both the grandeur of these massive blooms and the intimate delicacy of each flower is a challenge, but it can be done using a simple tool—backlighting.