Melissa Mercier: Perfectly Private – 11

Melissa Mercier: Perfectly Private – 11

July 12, 2012 by  
Filed under Beyond the Basics, Color, Experience

Moor precious then silver, 
More expensive than gold.
Like the rarest diamond, Its one of a kind and
The key to my heart you hold.
Be careful with it, 
There's no spare just one.
And it belongs to you 
So guard it with your love It opens my heart, 
A secret world.
You'll find my love my world, 
My pain, [...]

Edward Mendes: tips for creating fall color images with impact

Edward Mendes: tips for creating fall color images with impact

October 11, 2011 by  
Filed under Beyond the Basics, Color

Can you feel it?  I certainly can, the tingling on my skin and the excitement buzzing around my every thought.  The weather is cooling down a bit and the days of the calendar are steadily falling away moving us closer and closer to one of my favorite times of year…Fall! I love fall and everything [...]

Michael Freeman: Color Themes

Michael Freeman: Color Themes

September 19, 2011 by  
Filed under Beyond the Basics, Color

Color in photography can.have a life of its own, and depending on how you choose what you shoot, it can even become the subject of the image. Color anyway, even beyond photography, is very subjective: everyone has their own opinions about it, what mood it creates, personal likes and dislikes. Within photography, there have always [...]

Michael Freeman: Think color as Hue, Saturation, Brightness

Michael Freeman: Think color as Hue, Saturation, Brightness

May 10, 2011 by  
Filed under Beyond the Basics, Color

Color became complicated in photography once digital took over from film, and the reason, paradoxical though it may sound, is that for the first time photographers could manage the colors of the images they shot. That’s actually putting it rather mildly, because once imagery went digital, we have all had to manage the color, like [...]