By Marius Waldal on January 11, 2010
Following up the color theory article, this article discusses how different light sources affect color in photography. Learn the characteristics of various light sources and how you might deal with their peculiarities.
Posted in Featured, Reference | Tagged color, Composition, fluorescent, incandescent, light, light sources, mercury, sodium, street lights
By Marius Waldal on December 11, 2009
As the holidays are moving closer, I have gathered a few tips that can help improve your Christmas photos. So merry Christmas, and merry shooting!
Posted in Featured, Tips | Tagged bokeh, christmas, Composition, Creative vision, Tips
By Marius Waldal on October 30, 2009
Being able to see interesting, beautiful or extraordinary scenes is an ability that can and should be developed as a skill in its own right. In this article I give you some tips on how you can improve your awareness.
Posted in Creative vision, Featured | Tagged awareness, Composition, Creative vision, design
By Marius Waldal on October 30, 2009
Bokeh can be an important subordinate part of a photo, or even the actual subject of a photo. Using it consciously will enable you to enhance the overall look of your scenes.
Get a few tips in this article!
Posted in Composition | Tagged bokeh, Composition, photography
By Marius Waldal on October 30, 2009
If you want to use colors successfully in your photos, you should learn some basic color theory. Colors can be a fantastic compositional tool. But without any knowledge of how colors affect us, you risk taking visually unpleasing photos because of bad color combinations.
Posted in Featured, Reference | Tagged brightness, color, Composition, hue, photography, primer, saturation
By Marius Waldal on October 28, 2009
Sometimes, there are elements in your scene that will somehow affect the way viewers perceive a photo. Sometimes it will even reduce the quality of that photo. Often, this can be avoided with a little arranging before shooting.
Posted in Composition | Tagged Composition
By Marius Waldal on October 28, 2009
One of the most effective ways of learning from your own and others’ photos is to analyze them. If you do that as a photo critique, you both learn AND do a good deed!
Posted in Tips | Tagged analyzing, Composition, flickr, photo critique
By Marius Waldal on October 26, 2009
A very effective tool in photography is the concept of natural framing. In this article I will tell you why, and show you some nice examples as well.
Posted in Composition, Tips | Tagged awareness, Composition, natural framing