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The power of color

I’ve shared many many stories and images on the blog here to help illustrate the various nuances of things like light, angles, and yes, even color.  I’ve talked about complementary colors, and simplicity of colors and I’d like to re-visit that today as we head into the weekend, because it’s not something I see talked about a lot. The illustration I am trying to make in all of this is that a simplicity of color can be just as powerful as a huge rainbow of colors – and sometimes, even more so.  Sometimes, a uniformity of color can have an … Continue reading

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Photoshop is not a bad word

A lot of photography conversations revolve around the question of how much editing has been done to a picture.  Terms like “sooc” (for straight out of camera) or raw, or “minimal editing” are involved.   I also have been known to encourage capturing the best pictures you can in camera.  But does that mean editing in post process is a bad thing?  No, definitely not.  For some, it has become a bad thing though, and phrases where “photoshop” has become a verb have been bandied about a lot.  I’ve heard everyone from amateurs to pros say things like “We’ll just photoshop … Continue reading

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