The angle of light has a profound effect on how your photo feels. The direction of the light source on your subject affects shadow, texture, dimensional quality and depth. To make this simple, I will change the angle of light so that you may see the effect it has on
In a photography community that I participate in, we are given a word each day. Recently we were given “Dutch tilt.” I have to admit that I had to go look that up. It’s a phrase I’ve heard before but I guess never really explored what it was, where it
One of the biggest “rules” out there in photography is to shoot level, shoot above, but never shoot someone from a low perspective. It’s unflattering, distorting, and people will hate the photo you take of them from a low angle. Well, that’s just plain horsepuckey. Photos created at a low
When you are taking a client or friend’s portrait, your job is to make them look as good as possible. It’s also your job to infuse their portrait with a certain feeling that is appropriate to the person and the moment. Varying your angle is one way to quickly and
While there has yet to be a true “dump” of snow in West Michigan, I went back and looked at some older photos recently, pulling up this photograph from Fallasburg Bridge in Lowell, MI. Utilizing a NiSi 10-stop neutral density filter (B&H | Amazon), I was able to get a
Many professional photographers will tell you that every winning shot is about composition. You may have captured all of the action, instilled in your photograph a certain mood or emotion or even shot your photos at a breathtaking location. But without good composition, your photographs will still look amateur even
Image and Post by When you see an interesting subject, you need to visualize how the subject will look from several different shooting positions and then pick the best vantage point. As you can see in the bottom image (poor composition with a boring foreground to boot), the name of
