What shape incorporates horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines? Yes, the triangle! Because squares and rectangles are the main shape of a photograph, they're not the shapes that your viewers will notice. So triangles (and similar) need to be used to invite your audience to see all of your photograph. This technique is also used by... Continue Reading →
Top Shot #1, Jan 2010
I've got a new project: Choose two great shots each month of the year out of my Flickr gallery. I'll choose each of them at the end of each fortnight (or thereabouts). I've shot a lot of photographs already this month, but this is my favourite: ... in the sand at Emu Bay, Kangaroo Island.... Continue Reading →
Diagonal Lines across your Photography
I've talked about both horizontal and vertical lines: Now it is time to show you how diagonal lines are an important facet of photography. Diagonal lines both stimulate and excite your viewers. These lines will drag their eyes across your image, from the boundary to the subject, from the dark into the light. Diagonal lines... Continue Reading →
Vertical Enhancement of Photographs
One of the easiest ways to make your photographs stand strong is to combine horizontal and vertical lines together. Since the human eye is naturally trained to follow the direction of lines, why not incorporate this into your imagery? Many of the elements in our environment are vertical. Thus, when we incorporate them into our... Continue Reading →
Using Horizontal Lines to Enhance your Photography
The one thing I like most about photography is utilising lines and horizons to give a landscape more vitality, more punch. But what I have learnt to do is ensure the horizon is actually horizontal. There is two ways of achieving this: 1. Tripod with bubble-level. The bubble-level is not compulsory since most cameras have... Continue Reading →
The Bakkabakkandi Grandstand
Adelaide residents (should) know the bakkabakkandi grandstand , situated on the eastern side of the old race-course upon Victoria Park, Adelaide CBD. When you went to the Adelaide GrandPrix during the 1980's and early 1990's, you would have walked passed this building hundreds of times, but not realising the importance of significance of it to... Continue Reading →
Favourite Photos of 2009
I uploaded 782 photographs to flickr during 2009! I keep this gallery for people to appreciate my artwork, for me to evaluate my skills, improve wherever possible, and for both the world and I to display upon blogs, articles, news-reports and many other locations. I can guarantee you that I shot probably 100x as many!... Continue Reading →
Cranium
Finally, a portrait from the other side: Don't ask me why, I just felt like shooting the back of my head.
How is your Business Being Seen on the WWW?
This is an interesting podcast from LeeHopkins. I've met Lee, I know he is passionate about this subject, and I know he means alll that he says, and it is interesting to see him gesticulating from the grassy side-walks in North Adelaide. I wondered why he is standing to one side of screen ... but... Continue Reading →
The Entrepreneurial Life of Stephen Mitchell 