http://www.adorama.com/alc/taginfo/composition <p><span style="font-size: small;">Join Bryan as he visits Jackson Square in the New Orleans French Quarter.&nbsp; Here he will show you a new approach to your photography.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/14173 <p><span style="font-size: small;">The worst sound a real estate listing agent can hear in his or her office is crickets chirping. This advice is for them (the agents, not the crickets).</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/14129 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Can you find photographic ambrosia in a nondescript alley or refuse? Mark Wallace turns trash into photographic art! The secret? Visual Pushups!</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/14138 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Watch and learn how valuable a leading line is in directing the viewer in your photo, and how a small aperture is key.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/14123 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Join Bryan Peterson in Burano, Italy where he shares an effective and simple composition technique.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/14071 <p><span style="font-size: small;">AdoramaTV presents You Keep Shooting with Bryan Peterson. In this episode, Bryan discusses the difference between shooting a vertical and a horizontal photograph.&nbsp; Join him as he explains what to look for and what accessories to use when shooting a large, side-lit field of sunflowers.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13934 <p>"<span style="font-size: small;">Your model's pose is endearing and the conversion into black and white really amps the sentiment of this moment, but the missing pupil ruins all of those good attributes." -Jena Ardell<br /></span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13813 <p><span style="font-size: small;">In our first Underwater Composition article, we discussed the basic &ldquo;Rule of Thirds,&rdquo; and diagonal, curve, and leading lines. That's only the beginning. There are many other things to watch out for when composing your shots. </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13733 <p><span style="font-size: small;">In this episode of You Keep Shooting, Bryan Peterson demonstrates how important the right focal length lens is for a successful portrait photograph.<br /></span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13766 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Underwater photography is not just about getting the right camera, underwater housing and lights. You need to know the basics of composition to tie it all together.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13724 <p><span style="font-size: small;">"B&amp;W is usually a fallback for a badly captured image</span><span style="font-size: small;">." -Brandon Partridge<br /></span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13736 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Want to give your photography skills an upgrade? Wouldn't it be great if you could get people to spend more time looking at and appreciating your photos? Learn and understand these principles of Gestalt Psychology, developed over 90 years ago!</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13706 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Bryan Peterson shows his unbridled photographic enthusiasm as he provides insight into how objects get his creative juices flowing.<br /></span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13677 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Watch and learn as Bryan Peterson shows you how to get a perfect exposure in bright sunlight without a meter!<br /></span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13634 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Learn this classical composition technique and you'll find your photographs will be more organized. You can thank Pythagoras and Fibonacci's Rabbits for this.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13581 <p><span style="font-size: small;">AdoramaTV Presents You Keep Shooting with Bryan Peterson. <br /></span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13477 <p><span style="font-size: small;">In this episode, Bryan Peterson goes to a Canadian junkyard and produces three great images.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13452 <p><span style="font-size: small;">During the month of December, millions of people across the country have an evergreen tree sitting in their living rooms, bedecked with colorful lights and ornaments befitting the holiday season. </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/12828 http://www.adorama.com/alc/blogarticle/13448 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Bryan shows us the difference between a macro shot and a GOOD macro shot. Watch as he uses a wider aperture to clean his compostion. </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13410 <p><span style="font-size: small;">AdoramaTV Presents You Keep Shooting with Bryan Peterson. <br /></span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13361 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Just like mining for real gold, mining 'gold' images seems to be a goal shared by most photographers, yet some of the finest gold to be mined is often overlooked. These images remain 'buried', hidden in some truly mundane locations...and sometimes, in a heap of garbage!</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13223 <p><span style="font-size: small;">"The dancer's gesture is dramatic and nicely timed, but unfortunately, the figure is hard to 'read.'"&mdash;Russell Hart</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13219 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Bryan Peterson shows how to use the Pro-Optic 14mm super-wide-angle lens to transform a scene by adding a reflection from a small shiny surface and making it look like a shiny lake.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13258 <p><span style="font-size: small;">In this week's episode of You Keep Shooting, Bryan Peterson demonstrates how to improve pictures by adding something interesting to the foreground when you're shooting with a wide-angle lens.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13239 <p><span style="font-size: small;">What are the rules of composition for shooting great portraits? Mark Wallace explains it all.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13136 <p><span style="font-size: small;">How to spend an hour practicing your photography skills with the 60-minute challenge.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13057 <p><span style="font-size: small;">AdoramaTV presents Digital Photography One on One. In this episode Mark Wallace answers the question, "which lens should I buy?" </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/13016 http://www.adorama.com/alc/blogarticle/12913 <p><span style="font-size: small;">In this episode Mark will show us some tips for becoming a better photographer using the basic elements of composition.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/12729 <p><span style="font-size: small;">"The intersection of the humpback's tail fluke with the edge of the frame is an unfortunate compositional <em>faux pas</em>."&mdash;Jack Howard</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/12671 <p><span style="font-size: small;">"If you can&rsquo;t reposition yourself to eliminate the distracting, mood-busting building, brown grass, and playground, you should cede this shot to the pro."&mdash;Mason Resnick</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/12653 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Whether you're traveling, enjoying a backyard barbecue, or recording your graduate's moment of glory, everyone ends up shooting outdoor portraits. And most are less than satisfied with the results. But a few simple picture-taking tips can soften and flatter those harshly-lit, squinty-eyed faces.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8299 <p><span style="font-size: small;">&ldquo;There&rsquo;s huge potential in the moment, but it is lost in the technical details.&rdquo;&mdash;Mark Lent</span><!--EndFragment--></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/12570 <p><span style="font-size: small;">"Shooting in a photojournalistic style is a great and popular approach for wedding photography, but to do it successfully, a photographer needs to remember the lessons of good composition, and moving your location to capture the action." &ndash;Monica Cipnic</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/12241 <p><em>&ldquo;I&rsquo;d have shot this so the yellow-and-blue line was a more pronounced diagonal, because diagonal lines are visually more active.&rdquo;&mdash;Mason Resnick</em></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/11977 <p><em><span style="font-size: small;">When taking photos of your friends and loved ones with your digital camera, pay attention to what&rsquo;s going on behind them. Otherwise, unintentional hilarity might ensue.</span></em></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/11852 <p><span style="font-size: small;">I&rsquo;ve been doing photography since the late 60s, when I was 10 years old. I&rsquo;ve learned a few things and they have little to do with f/stops, shutter speeds, or the latest gizmo. Here are five things to think about and discuss.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/11798 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Follow these helpful picture-taking tips to get the best shots at the beginning and end of the day.</span> <span style="font-size: small;">If you've seen one sunset photo, you <em>haven</em>'t seen 'em all! </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8097 <p><span style="font-size: small;"><em>Expand your creativity and refresh the joy of taking pictures.</em></span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8659 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Photographers from the darkroom ages learned to take pictures in a way to facilitate further improvements in the darkroom. They would "expose for shadows and develop for highlights."</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8649 <p>If you are driven, visually, to abstraction, you&rsquo;ve got plenty of material. Just look around you.</p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8491 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Humor has always been a theme for photographers, be it funny signs, juxtapositions or situations. Look for contrasts, visual non-sequitors, or just moments that make you go, "huh?"</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8415 <p><span style="font-size: small;">As photographers we're always hungry for interesting subjects. Often, some of the best photo opportunities are right there under our noses&mdash;on the dinner plate. Food evokes visceral responses from us all, and special events are often tied to certain special meals. <br /></span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8409 <p><span style="font-size: small;">A viewer's eye is always drawn to the subject that's in sharpest focus. If everything except your main subject is considerably out of focus, you've created what many think is the most beautiful effect in photography&ndash; that of "selective focus." In selective focus, the main subject is sharp, and everything in front and in back of it is blurred. </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8408 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Here's a technique for you to use whether you have a simple compact digital camera or a sophisticated digital SLR. Add an element of surprise, color, and abstraction to your photographs with reflections! </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8406 <p><span style="font-size: small;">"Stacking the Composition" is a technique, often used by photojournalists and by wedding photographers who take a photojournalistic approach to their subject, in which one or more secondary subjects are placed strategically within the photograph, usually at a different plane. </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8386 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Let me give you my perspective on perspective. <br /><br />Specifically I want to tell you about how single-point perspective, also known and vanishing point perspective, works in photographs.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8377 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Here's a tip that applies whether you're using a simple compact digital camera or the the most sophisticated Digital SLR! </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8379 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Colors draw our attention, and certain colors do so more than others.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8376 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Here's one thing that separates snapshots from great shots: Clutter. It could be a distracting background, a tree seeming to grow out of Aunt Doris's head, or irrelevant elements distracting the viewer from what you want to emphasize.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8372 <p><span style="font-size: small;">An important aspect of photographic composition is texture. The texture of skin is important in portraits (if a portrait subject&rsquo;s skin texture is too rough, you may need to add a softening filter or do work in Photoshop), while objects in photos may have textures that set the mood of the image.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8366 <p><span style="font-size: small;">I do windows. No, not Microsoft's operating system, but actual windows. Windows range from common to unusual, and can be a source of photographic inspiration. </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8364 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Yellow is a tricky color with a split personality. It can be warm, evokes springtime, and is a sign of happiness and optimism. But it can also indicate tension, danger (why do you think hazard signs are yellow?) and cowardice. (Ya yellow-bellied varmint!)</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8357 <p><span style="font-size: small;">The rule of thirds--that a time-tested compositional tool--says that in a scenic, you should place the horizon either a third or two-thirds up in the image. Well, sometimes, that's neither high nor low enough.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8351 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Nothing says &ldquo;boring&rdquo; in a scenic more than just showing the scene. No matter how dramatic the vista in front of you, making sure there&rsquo;s an interesting element in the foreground will almost always transform it into a more interesting photo.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8348 <p><span style="font-size: small;">You&rsquo;ve focused your camera on an adorable child . . . or a glorious autumn tree . . .or a vase of flowers, and now you want to be sure you compose the photograph so that subject is emphasized.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8350 <p><span style="font-size: small;">There are few, if any, interchangeable lenses that give the highest resolution when used wide open or when fully stopped fully, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't use those apertures.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8340 <p><span style="font-size: small;">When you think of a sunset photo, do have a preconceived image of a red-and-orange sky over a luscious shoreline, or perhaps some people palm trees silhouetted against it for good measure? Yeah, I know: Been there, done that.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8334 <p><span style="font-size: small;">It is often tempting to put the subject in the center of a shot, but in many cases moving it off-center can produce a more interesting image.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8331 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Within many photographic situations there are other not-so-obvious photos hiding and waiting to be discovered by you. <br /> </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8327 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Sometimes the best photographs are lying at your feet. </span><em><br /></em></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8317 <p><span style="font-size: small;">If you've ever wondered why some photos have a sharp subject but everything else in the foreground and background are out of focus, but other photos are sharp from near to far, it's all about <strong>depth of field (DOF)</strong>. </span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8191 <p><span style="font-size: small;">One of the creative problems inherent in all photographs is that they're flat.</span></p> http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8108