A sunset scene does not have to include the sun itself, just the wonderful warm lighting and colour that that time of day provides. Read more
To create an image with plenty of movement, try to get everyone moving.
So, what you do with a subject that man has been staring at for the better part of 400,000 years?
One of the simplest rules for creating a good portrait is to let the subject be themselves! Seriously... who's pensive anymore?
Stereotypes can often be a problem for photographers, but they can also be a problem for the viewer too.
Not every photo has to have a black and a white in it... but then again, are white flowers meant to look grey?
You've got to... accentuate, the positive... eliminate, the negative!
Taking control of the highlights will make this image magical.
If you crop of the edges at the bottom of this wall then people will assume that it goes on forever! (who needs to know otherwise!!).
The questions that you ask yourself as you make a photo are likely to be the same questions asked by your audience later on.
It is all about weight and balance... and there are days when the weight really does belong in the bottom of the frame!
Sometimes it only takes two little clicks of the mouse to make a photo better.
Having trouble getting balance in a photo? Try taking another photo and turning the overall image into a panorama.
This photo makes you ask... where was the photographer to get this photo? And that's a good thing!
Sometimes a photograph does not work on its own but if you combine it with another photo...
Getting rid of the brightest and the hardest areas of the picture let us concentrate on the softer moments.
I like this photo... it proves that we do not have to photograph beaches just on sunset and sunrise!!