Tips for awesome compositions: Part 3
By John Ellis This is the third and final part of Tips for Understanding Composition for photographers. TEXTURE Texture helps to emphasize the features and details in a photograph. By capturing the te...
TIPS FOR AWESOME COMPOSITION Part 2
By John Ellis This is part two of a multiple part ‘tip’ sheet on understanding composition. SHAPES AND LINES Shapes are two-dimensional elements that can be lit to create three-dimensional form. I...
My Tips for awesome compositions: Part 1
By John Ellis Composition is the arrangement of subject matter elements within the image. When we look at a scene, we see a three-dimensional image and can selectively see only the important elements ...
Expectations & Best Laid Plans
By Jeff Insel I’ll preface this blog by letting you know that last March, while on an Arizona Highways PhotoScapes workshop called Best of the West, one of our locations was Monument Valley and plan...
Black and White Photography in Flagstaff
By Vicki Uthe Black and white imagery can be stunning and powerful. In August of 2019, Joel Wolfson, a local Flagstaff photographer, was the instructor on an Arizona Highways PhotoScapes workshop on b...
Bobcats in our backyard
By Jeff Insel Three years ago next week we had some nice monsoon weather, rain in the morning. My dining window faces my backyard and the neighbor’s wall to the east. While having my morning tea...
The Best Macro Diffuser Ever
By Bruce D Taubert About 15 years ago, when I began to get serious about macro photography, I found the learning curve to be a bit steeper than I had thought it was going to be. The equipment needs ...
Bryce Canyon National Park Photo Workshop
By Jeff Insel This was a fun and interesting four day photography workshop. The National Park pamphlet calls Bryce Canyon “Poetry in Stone” – an accurate description as any. The group met at...
Optical Illusions in Art and Photography
By John Frelich Have you’ve ever seen the Mona Lisa or gone to the Wickenburg Western Museum and viewed the painting with the horse whose eye appears to follow you around? Many persons have seen the...
Framing – in photography
By Ivan Martinez Like many commercial photographers, because of the quarantine, I am finding myself spending lots of time at home. In an effort to keep active, I am exploring new projects, learning ne...