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

Published November 12, 2012
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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