Use Contrast For Impact - Outdoor Photographer

The word "contrast" refers to the range of tones from the brightest highlight to the darkest shadow. With black-and-white, it relates to the range of gray shades from pure white to rich black.

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Experiments In High Key Photography

Processing an image to recreate my emotional response to the scene.

Three Action Quick Tips

Insights for emphasizing motion in your photographs

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Ethics From Empathy

How to increase your chances of capturing beautiful wildlife photographs without compromising your subject’s welfare.

Photographic Portals

Ideas for compositions that frame your subject with other elements of the scene

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The Lost Art Of Shooting Black-And-White Photos

Black-and-white photography has the potential to make any photographer better, even if you mainly shoot color.

Look And See

In our rush to capture fleeting light and moments, it’s easy to just look, compose and shoot. “Seeing” requires that we slow down and shift into a different headspace.

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