Only Good Light
Don’t shoot during the noon day hours on a sunny day! This is a rule we are told over and over: shoot only during the golden light of early morning…
Removing Labels and Arranging Shapes
There are lots of "rules" to think about when composing an image. At its simplest, effective composition is mostly about arranging shapes. When you are thinking about a composition in…
Themes: answering the question, “What is There to Shoot?”
Shooting to a theme is one way to keep your mind quietly alert to photographic opportunities. In the context of photography, a theme is simply a coherent set of subject…
Fun With Texture Overlays
Texture overlays are a great way to add additional depth and dimension to your images. It’s not for everyone, and it doesn’t work with every image. The technique though, has…
The Brush and the Grad
Taming Lightroom’s Local Adjustment Tools Lightroom has several local adjustment tools you can use to work on specific areas in your images, including the Adjustment Brush and the Graduated filter.…
Photographing the Aurora Borealis
The Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis is an awesome sight to behold. If you live in the northern reaches of the globe, or even if you are in areas as…