Creating your own website or portfolio can be a daunting task, especially when you’re not a web designer. After all, photographers prefer to spend time behind the lens rather than designing or coding a website.…
When you want to take photos of people who are in their best element, you want to show something that is real. You want to show something that reflects a particular natural reaction or situation.…
On1 one is known for producing some of the more intelligent post-processing alternatives to Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom. On1’s photo editing software have consistently earned high marks from us here at Contrastly based on…
The right photos can make your portfolio stand out from the millions of others online. You don’t have to have a degree in photography to take a beautiful photo. A few simple tweaks should do…
When we think about composition tips, most of us will immediately think of the Rule of Thirds. This is the classic composition tip and is certainly incredibly useful! But, once you’ve mastered some basic composition…
Some photographers will go to any length for a good shot. They risk sickness and disease, alienation and even death. These photographers show the world and make viewers question what it means to be part…
We live in a world of beautiful color – why would you ever want to take black and white images? If you find yourself asking this question, you’re not alone. Many people feel that color…
Stitching multiple images together to create panoramas is great, but in a lot of cases your final image will have empty space and some parts missing. That’s simply the result of stitching images together. You…
Aerial photography has become easier because of drones, those small unmanned aerial vehicles that fly high above the sky to take photos. For many photographers, drones have become the perfect photoshoot buddy, allowing them to…
If you’re a photographer, Twitter probably isn’t the first social media platform you’ve utilized. Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram are much more image-based than Twitter. However, if used correctly, Twitter is an invaluable resource for photographers…
In a world of vibrant color imagery, black and white photography stands out not for what it lacks, but rather for what it reveals in the absence of color. Monochrome photography puts the focus back…
If you are looking to improve your photography, then look no further than your foregrounds – quite literally! The foreground is often what separates flat, snapshot images from spectacular, exceptional photos. Getting the foreground right…