I.M.P.A.C.T.

You may ask yourself why the title of the article has periods in between the letters of the word? The answer is simple.

Russ Burden

Updated July 27, 2016

I created I.M.P.A.C.T. to get you to remember good photographic technique so you can make images that have it. I = Isolate; M = Manual; P = Polarizer; A = Act; C = Color; T = Telephoto.

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Originally Published November 12, 2012

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