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While the word 'contrast' can refer to a variety of photo elements, this article is about the amount of difference between the lights and darks in a photo. These two [...]

When you are willing to explore all the possibilities of your photo, find a preset. A preset for your photo editing software is simply a saved group of editing settings. [...]

Your eyes place your image's center of interest in the center of your vision. You don't see it off to the side. But when you capture that scene with your [...]

I don't know why I did it! I interrupted my drive to Arizona's Petrified Forest. I stopped my car and positioned it to put the sign's reflection on the hood: [...]

You may not agree with this, but a detail is more often a winning photo than the whole subject. Here are three reasons. One reason is based on the rule [...]

How about finding an object you can place as a big subject in the foreground? This is a composition style that offers you a great variation for your body of [...]

When you're out and about with your camera and see an 'unexpected object,' be sure to take a photo of it. Sometimes it will be laughable, sometimes intriguing! But it'll [...]

When the background helps tell the image's story, I say that the background 'makes' the image. Not all backgrounds do that. Some are distractions. Some are neutral. But it is [...]

I need your help here Is it just my camera and software, or do you have this situation? When I select a different aspect ratio than my camera's 3:2 sensor, [...]

Understanding the Image Quality Your digital camera has several settings for image quality. In the days of film cameras, the photo quality was determined by the film. There were no [...]

Space for Looking Out of the Photo When the subject has eyes and when the subject is looking out of the photo frame, it is considered good policy to put [...]

Don't take all your photos so they look alike! Don't waste a photo opportunity by standing in the same spot and shooting with the same focal length. Use more than [...]

Four great places to find help with your photography are YouTube, generic search engines, your software's Help section, and on the website of the Photographic Society of America (PSA). Did [...]

Your Own Photographic Style 'I like to take photos of everything!' exclaims the beginning photographer! Now what? Do you keep taking photos just because you enjoy it, or do you [...]

Let's face it! You are going to edit your photo, even if only a little bit. So have a plan, when shooting, to get the best possible images with which [...]

The 95th in a series of short instructional articles for beginning photographers. The following is intended to help those who want to go beyond snapshots. All past articles are online [...]

The seventy-fourth in a series of short instructional articles for beginning photographers, the following is intended to help those who want to go beyond snapshots. All past articles are online [...]

The seventy-second in a series of short instructional articles for beginning photographers, the following is intended to help those who want to go beyond snapshots. All past articles are online [...]

The seventy-first in a series of short instructional articles for beginning photographers, the following is intended to help those who want to go beyond snapshots. All past articles are online [...]

The seventieth in a series of short instructional articles for beginning photographers, the following is intended to help those who want to go beyond snapshots. All past articles are online [...]

The sixty-ninth in a series of short instructional articles for beginning photographers, the following is intended to help those who want to go beyond snapshots. All past articles are online [...]

The sixty-eighth in a series of short instructional articles for beginning photographers, the following is intended to help those who want to go beyond snapshots. When a camera chooses a [...]

The sixty-fifth in a series of short instructional articles for beginning photographers, the following is intended to help those who want to go beyond snapshots. How to Hold the Camera [...]

The sixty-fourth in a series of short instructional articles for beginning photographers, the following is intended to help those who want to go beyond snapshots. Backlight The backlight discussed in [...]

The sixty-third in a series of short instructional articles for beginning photographers, the following is intended to help those who want to go beyond snapshots. Self-Assignments Practice, practice, practice! It [...]

The sixty-second in a series of short instructional articles for beginning photographers, the following is intended to help those who want to go beyond snapshots. Filling The Frame The frame [...]

When a photo is created with a blurry background, the main subject is emphasized and given visual importance. The viewer's eye is drawn to the sharp main subject, because the [...]

The fifty-seventh in a series of short instructional articles for beginning photographers, the following is intended to help those who want to go beyond snapshots. The human eye realizes that [...]

Thee fifty-sixth in a series of short instructional articles for beginning photographers, the following is intended to help those who want to go beyond snapshots. Exposure Compensation, Part 2 Exposure [...]

Exposure Compensation, Part 1 Exposure compensation is a way to modify the camera's automatic exposure settings when the resulting image would not show the correct shades of brightness and darkness. [...]

The fifty-third in a series of short instructional articles for beginning photographers, the following is intended to help those who want to go beyond snapshots. Light Meter The light meter [...]

The fifty-secondth in a series of short instructional articles for beginning photographers, the following is intended to help those who want to go beyond snapshots. Before choosing a metering mode, [...]

The forty-seventh in a series of short instructional articles for beginning photographers, the following is intended to help those who want to go beyond snapshots. After setting the camera's ISO, [...]

The forty-fifth in a series of short instructional articles for beginning photographers, the following is intended to help those who want to go beyond snapshots. Selective Focus Selective focus is [...]

The fortieth in a series of short instructional articles for beginning photographers, the following is intended to help those who want to go beyond snapshots. Being aware of the background [...]

Although the primary subject matter can be placed anywhere in the frame, some locations will look better than others. Not everyone has the same likes and dislikes, so there are [...]

The thirty-fifth in a series of short instructional articles for beginning photographers, the following is intended to help those who want to go beyond snapshots. Horizontal vs. Vertical Format Each [...]

The twenty-eigth in a series of short instructional articles for beginning photographers, the following is intended to help those who want to go beyond snapshots. Watch for the series each [...]

The twenty-fifth in a series of short instructional articles for beginning photographers, the following is intended to help those who want to go beyond snapshots. Watch for the series each [...]

Rise Above the Snapshot Level Beginning photographers tend to take 'snapshots.' Rising above the level of ordinary snapshots involves paying attention to composition, lighting, background details, and anything that distracts [...]

The second in a series of short instructional articles for beginning photographers, the following is intended to help those that want to go beyond snapshots. Watch for the series each [...]