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February 20, 2010

Photography Tip on using color to make your images pop

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Written by: Lawrence

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A lot of people think the composition and concept of an image is enough to make a compelling photo. Well, it’s not. Don’t kill yourself about it. I felt those elements were enough to create a kick butt image. Until, I looked at more of my photography friends work. Bradley Laurent’s to be exact. As you can see from his images, the color pops and for reason. He uses a color wheel. Color is an element you can’t take for granted. I surely won’t take color for granted again. I purchased my first color wheel last week and using it ever since when I plan my concepts. I’ve used an online color scheme tool (http://colorschemedesigner.com/) for my first conceptual portrait series.

P.S. I feel that my style is seen through the color of my images so this element is very important in distinguishing my style from other photographers.





About the Author

Lawrence
As a weekend photographer, I found myself with limited time and limited resources in terms of expanding my photographic ability due to my career. Like many weekend photography warriors, there are only 2 hours on the weekdays and maybe 8 hours or so total on the weekend to learn and grow. These time constraints is what motivated me into creating this online photography resource. I needed a photography hub where all the information I referred to is stored in one easy to navigate online location. I see this more of my online repository of photography information gathered through time. I am very proud of the success of my blog offering of "Photographer Interview Series". You will read in-depth interviews from the photography world's famous photographers. Names like David Tejada, Nick Onken, Michael Grecco and David Bean to name a few. The interview series has also expanded to include weekend photographers and now wedding photographers with the similar goal of learning from each other. My goal is to evolve this site to be the premier go to resource for photographer interviews and equipment reviews.




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