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 anything...
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 a...
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 often....
How to get images ready for print I’ve just sent off the 3 signed prints to the winner – Rodney Charlton. After my surf yesterday, I showed a friend these prints. And his reaction stunned me. He’d seen these images before – on a screen. But...
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 subject can be...