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What does LOW KEY mean in photography? What is low key photography? The definition of low key photography is a genre of photography consisting of shooting dark-colored scenes and emphasizing natural or artificial light only on specific areas in the frame....

Learn how to control the visual balance in your images. What is visual balance in photography? Visual balance is one of the rules of composition. It is created when the objects in your frame are evenly distributed across the scene using the visual weight,...

Learn how to remove distracting elements from your photos. Why it's important to remove distracting elements from your images? When creating an image, we are telling a story. In order to tell that story in a clear, non-confusing way we want to eliminate...

Learn how to get the best bug's eye view images. How do you take photos from a bug’s eye view? Start by putting your camera very low to or on the ground. Shoot directly across the ground or tilt your camera up a bit and look up at your subject. If you have...

Learning how to use the Golden Spiral & Golden Triangle Compositions  What are the Golden Spiral & Golden Triangle in Photography? The golden spiral also referred to as the Fibonacci spiral, golden ratio, golden mean and phi grid is a compositional tool used...

Learn how to break composition rules in photography. Why learn the rules if we're only going to break them? Before we go breaking rules we need to know the rules so we can break them. It’s always a good idea to review the rules of composition every so...

Getting to know your subject better will help you create more powerful images. What does it mean to go deep photographically? When you want to go really deep within a photograph the first thing to do is to choose one subject and spend time with it. This...

How to create DEEPER images Snap shots and postcard-style photos are fine. But they often miss the mark when it comes to capturing the feeling – the mood of your subject. In this video I explain the key to deeper images and give you practical tips including How to...

Want to create images with IMPACT? It’s not so much WHAT you are photographing that’s the most important – it’s WHEN and HOW you photograph it. You’ve got to capture a scene when the rhythm peaks! In this video I explain this important tip – with lots of...

Struggling to "see" the scene? Have you ever felt like you couldn't "see" the scene, didn't know how to shoot it? What lens to use, what angle, what to include and what to leave out? You're not alone! 2 things you need to do when you first arrive at a new...