How To Create Sunbursts In Your Photo For Dramatic Effect
Summer has finally arrived—bringing with it lots of bright sunshine. That sunshine makes this the perfect time to enhance your images by using a very simple technique called sunbursts. Bright light can be tricky for photographers—when shooting against the sun, you often end up with an unappealing white blob in your image. To avoid that,…
6 Tips For Photographing Food And Creating Colorful Stock Images
Ah, summertime. It’s the season of picnics, barbecues, and dinners on the deck. Which means it’s also the perfect time to add some summer-inspired food images to your portfolio. Creative food images are always in demand, whether it’s with stock photo buyers or magazine editors, so it definitely pays to put some effort into this…
How Diagonal Lines In Photography Help Enhance Your Image
Have you ever stood in the middle of a giant redwood forest and looked up toward the sky to get a sense of the true height of the trees? Chances are you might feel a sense of great awe and even a bit of vertigo due to their extreme perceived height. If you point your…
Tips For Getting A Unique Perspective In Your Photo
Perspective can mean a lot of things, depending on the situation. It can be used to describe the way you think about things. Or for giving form and depth to a drawing on paper. For photographers, perspective is a handy tool you can use to enhance your shots and get better photographs. We all start…
Add Depth To Your Images With These Framing Tricks
Do you ever feel like your images lack a little oomph? That what you see in the real world just doesn’t quite translate into a photo with the same level of visual impact? Probably the biggest challenge with photography is that we’re trying to take this messy and wonderful, three-dimensional world and turn it into…
Photo Tips To Get You Back Shooting This Summer
I have a confession to make… I haven’t taken my camera out in six months. Now, I know… I know… even though I’m not a professional photographer, I’m supposed to be better at this whole photography thing than you are because I work with professional photographers and sometimes I tell you their secrets, right? Well,…
Great Escape Radio: Episode 171: Growing your knowledge as a travel writer
“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.”—Saint Augustine Host, Jody Maberry brings travel writer, Terri Marshall back to the show. Jody catches up with Terri while she is in Delray Beach, Florida attending the AWAI Copywriting Bootcamp where she’s learning new writing skills and more about running…
Understanding Lightroom Presets — And How To Use Them For Best Results
Most photographers use Adobe Lightroom to process their images. And while you can go through each photo, one by one, carefully changing this and that until they’re perfect, there is a much faster way… It’s called Presets. What are Lightroom presets? A preset is a way to automatically give your photo an artistic look with…
Make Your Photos Pop With Lightroom’s Texture Slider
This week, I’m sharing my three favorite ways to make your photos look dramatic and beautiful in just seconds using Lightroom. With Lightroom, it’s crazy how much of a difference you can make in a second. If you missed ‘em, catch my first two favorite tools, on reducing haze and adding drama. My third…
Make Your Images Dramatic With Lightroom’s Clarity Slider
This week, I’m sharing some of my favorite ways to make your photos look amazing—in a matter of seconds—using Lightroom. If you missed yesterday’s quick trick for getting rid of haze in your photos, you can catch up here. Today, let’s talk about drama. Taking a photo that captures the moment is great. But everyone…