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Color theory lessons every photographer should know

At some point in your photography journey, you’ll notice how important color is in delivering the message, emotion or story behind your images. As such, getting the colors right is an important step in post-processing your photos, but can also be a tedious part of the workflow. However, knowing about color theory

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Understanding color theory in photography

Color theory is one of the most important guidelines for visual communicators — photographers included. If you do a lot of color photography, it’s definitely something you need to have a good grasp of. It’s also a complex and broad topic, but today’s featured video should give you a basic

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“Color” with Julie Powell

We welcome you to the Photofocus Roundtable podcast, where each month, our panel discusses some current trends and topics to get your photography moving. This month, our panel discusses how they look at pricing for photography and courses. We also discuss how video is coming into the business of photography.

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How color theory helps your photography

If you do a lot of color photography, it follows that you’re able to use different colors and various color combinations to bring your work to life. This is where knowledge of the color theory comes in handy. In a nutshell, color theory is the art and science of matching

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Portrait Tips: Lighting the Hulk

It doesn’t really take too much imagination when you have a muscleman in front of your lens to picture him as a green mass with purple highlights. It’s either because I’m a male, or because I have a three-year-old son. Anyhow, this just had to happen when I was making

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Photographer of the Day: Jovan Jimenez

Category: Street Photography Photograph: “CTA Green Line to Harlem” by Jovan Jimenez (Jovan J) Jovan Jimenez’s image is not only a beautiful example of street photography, but also an excellent demonstration of several composition concepts.  Using selective focus and a very shallow depth of field, he pulls your attention directly

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