Window Light, An Amazingly Elegant Photography Light Source

We all have that lighting system available, of course. I use window lighting for a wide range of photographic subjects, but I have noticed in my classes that many students seem to ignore it. It’s a seemingly easy light source …

Great Looking Historic Photographs In 4 Easy Steps

I was able to create a lot of great images, but all that color seemed jarring in that historic setting. I decided to sepia tone all of my photographs.

Mastering The Rule Of Thirds For Beautiful Compositions

When I first started to get serious about my photography, I would go out for a few days photographing landscapes and come home totally exhausted. Just the mental process of creating a balanced compositions with my 4x5 view camera would …

Control A Photograph’s Depth Of Field With Simple Focus Stacking

I used a solution called focus stacking. Making sure that I had frames where the focus on the fisherman’s face was sharp and others where the lobster is sharp, I didn’t change exposure or composition. I merely shifted the focus …

The Challenge Of Creating Visual Impact In A Photo Essay

A photo essay is essentially a story told with minimal words and, hopefully, lots of photographs. The trick is creating a diverse range of images that are all necessary to fully explain a subject or location.

How To Manipulate Depth Of Field For Spectacular Portraits

Using shallow depth of field for dramatic portraits

The 4 Advantages Of Photographic Backlighting

Control contrast, increase color saturation and create a rim light with photographic backlighting.

Give Yourself A Photography Assignment

Early in my career I often found myself wandering around various towns, frustrated, looking for something to photograph. I came to realize that there are always lots of subjects to shoot in any location. All I really needed was a …

The Shy Photographer’s Guide To Putting Subjects At Ease

After years of photographing people on location for various magazines, I have found there are essentially 5 steps to the process of putting a model at ease in front of a camera.