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 19, 2009
The world of (or rather IN) black & white is wonderful and exciting. In this introductory article you will learn some of the basics of digital black & white photography, and hopefully be inspired to learn more!
Posted in Featured, Reference | Tagged b&w, black & white, introduction, monochrome
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 December 9, 2009
In this tutorial I will show you how to cross-process a photo digitally, and also go beyond that and make the photo look like it was shot using a LOMO camera.
Posted in Featured, Post-processing | Tagged cross-processing, howto, lomo, photoshop, Post-processing, tutorial
By Marius Waldal on December 4, 2009
Since you’re a decent photographer, your friends have asked you to take pictures in their wedding. Or maybe you haven’t been asked, but you still want to! Learn how to make those “documentation” photos more interesting.
Posted in Featured, Tips | Tagged Creative vision, wedding
By Marius Waldal on November 26, 2009
Selective colors can offer a nice twist on certain black & white photos. They can be beautiful to look at and fun to make! Learn how in this article.
Posted in Featured, Post-processing | Tagged howto, photography, photoshop, Post-processing, selective color, tutorial
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
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