Minimalist photography is a highly effective, and often emotive, way of representing the world that we live in. It focuses on simplifying the composition of the image in order to focus the viewer’s attention on the fewest number of subjects as possible in one frame. Photographic minimalism originally evolved out of the 1950s avant garde…
Reasons Why Business Partnerships Are Important For Photographers
Working as a photographer is a fantastic job but you may have wondered whether or not you should partner with other photographers or local businesses. It’s natural that you want to grow your photography business to build bigger profits and forming strategic partnerships is one way to do this. Before you decide to set out…
What You Need To Know About Filling The Frame In Photography
When you’re working with a subject, whether it’s a person or an object, you always need to keep the overall composition in mind. One of the central aspects of composing an image is to consider how you are going to balance the positive and negative space in the frame. The positive space in a photo…
How To Develop Your Own Style As A Photographer
There are an amazing diversity of styles that are used by photographers to convey the meaning, essence and emotional content of their subjects. There are many ways that a photographer comes to create their own style although, when you analyze it, a great deal of that process occurs on a subconscious level! However, that said…
How To Use Positive and Negative Space in Photography
As you improve as a photographer and spend more time studying the methods, techniques and underlying principles, the more you also realise that the impact of great photos is largely based on the raw emotional and unspoken content of the image that speaks not only to the conscious mind but also the subconscious mind. Of…
What Are The Common Mistakes Made By Photographers?
What are the common mistakes in photography? How can you avoid them? Photography is a wonderfully empowering art form but it also comes with a great number of pitfalls that not only beginners, but even seasoned photographers, find themselves falling into. Many of these mistakes simply need more practise and knowledge to overcome but others…