One of the most effective ways to catch a viewer’s eye with your photo is to put the main subject in sharp focus and blur the background. In technical terms, this makes use of “depth-of-field.” Let me show you what I mean. Take a look at this picture submitted for December’s photo contest: What makes […]
Take a look at these three pictures: These were all photos submitted for this month’s photo contest “Photos for All Seasons,” and they’re all what I consider abstracts. When you first look at these image what do you see? A floating leaf, clouds, the pines of a tree? Or are they more an image of […]
Here’s some advice you can use no matter what kind of picture you’re taking, from family photos to cityscapes. Simply remove clutter from your photographs!
A problem with some photos is that nothing in them grabs a viewer’s eye. Often it’s the most minor, different element that will add interest to your photos.
