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Turning Down The Volume

Eric discusses a more quiet approach to photography rather than the usual approach on social media of yelling to get attention with bold images.

Eric Bennett September 1, 2019 38 Comments

Are Your Landscape Compositions Lacking? Try This

Learn how to tell a story using composition. Use visual weight to balance the characters in your image. Communicate the depth of of the 3d world in a 2d medium.

James Lorentson August 6, 2019 19 Comments

Working through Creative Slumps

Gary Randall describes his struggles with creative slumps and how to work your way through them when you hit this inevitable roadblock as an artist.

Gary Randall July 26, 2019 16 Comments

“To chart a course, one must have a direction. In reality, the eye is no better than the philosophy behind it.” ~Berenice Abbott As a child, I loved everything wild and natural. Animals, landscapes, trees, flowers, seashores, deserts, mountains—the more removed from the artificial world of humanity, the better. I spent much of my time

Guy Tal July 1, 2019 29 Comments

A Slice of Focus: Lessons for Photographing Plants Using Shallow Depth of Field

Sarah shares her techniques for photographing small scenes and macro using shallow depth of field to simplify and create abstract photographs.

Sarah Marino June 13, 2019 23 Comments

Esquisses and Raw files

Alain shares his views on the art of post-processing in the digital darkroom and how it compares to musical scores.

Alain Briot May 31, 2019 19 Comments

Photography and Digital Manipulation: Finding a Middle Ground

One of the most important topics in the photography world revolves around the use of editing, artistic digital manipulation (such as composites) and recently, the very common practice of “peak stretching”.

Dan Ballard May 1, 2019 20 Comments