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What’s the difference? If you started your journey in digital photography using Photoshop, you like most others are likely familiar with the Curves Adjustment, and use it to adjust contrast, white point and black point in your images.  Compared to Photoshop, Lightroom...

I have always been surprised when someone in either my online class with the BPSOP, or in my “Stretching Your Frame of Mind” workshops I conduct all over our planet asks me what I mean when I say not to forget to shoot in the Blue Hour. As a result these same...

This post is one in a series on how to create a compelling series of images that convey a sense of place and help tell a story.   CASE STUDY: COFFEE-TIME! Next time you’re taking photos, include detail shots to flesh out your story. Details shots, when added...

Creating strong images is often more about what you choose to exclude from your compositions than what you include.  Extraneous objects, distracting bright spots, or other visual detritus rarely add anything to what you are trying to say visually.  All elements of...

“Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.”  - Ansel Adams Ansel Adams embraced post-processing in the darkroom by dodging and burning (making adjustments that affect both light and dark areas of the image)....

I love the light, plain and simple, and I’m a firm believer in one of my favorite phrases, “You find the light and you’ll find the shot”. I’ve been following this self-appointed rule for as long as I can remember and it has served me well. One of my favorite ways to...

This is an excerpt from Photography Essentials, taught by Brit Hammer. What is exposure? Having the “correct” exposure means your image is neither too light nor too dark. When shooting in aperture priority mode the camera chooses the settings to create the correct...

The secret to a well-edited image is to not only having the exposure, contrast, white balance, and saturation correctly adjusted, it is also to look at your picture it in parts. What parts of the image could be adjusted individually to add more definition, detail,...

The below builds upon "The one simple thing that will improve your photos immediately". (Read that post here.) Excerpted from Photography Essentials, taught by instructor Brit Hammer.   Get in the ballpark first, then refine your camera angle Walk around your...