Juxtaposition is a term that applies to many different mediums, including photography. It is often alternately described as “contrast”. I tend to think of it more as contrast with a sprinkle of irony. Here is a formal description: juxtaposition is when a photographer puts two objects close to each other, intending to attract a viewer’s […]
Contrast is king If Contrast was, in fact, the king of visual communication, then possibly he is only trumped by the beautiful Queen of Symmetry. We will take a look at symmetry at a later date. If symmetry is the one element above all else that the human eye finds most attractive, then contrast would […]
Photography, in its essence, is an art of capturing light. Once that light is captured, the journey isn’t quite over – the art of post-processing begins. Photo editing allows us to accentuate the best parts of our images, fix imperfections, and achieve a final look that’s both appealing and striking. One such technique, often left […]
Oh, they’re just a snapshooter! That’s kind of the biggest slap in the face that you can give a photographer. None of us want to believe that we’re snapshooters. Truthfully, almost none of us are, because we all make decisions as we’re taking a picture—whether we realize it or not. The picture above may appear […]
Photoshop is one of the most well known and most commonly used image editing software programs in the world. It’s used worldwide both personally and professionally. When people see a picture they believe too good to be true, the reply is often the same: “That’s Photoshopped.” What many people don’t realize is that many of […]
