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AOP part 35: Negative Space

In general I think Robert Capa's advice, "if your pictures are not strong enough, you are not close enough", is pretty good.

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AOP part 34: Avoiding the Obvious

Now with a big post like this right in the shot it would be so tempting to do the obvious and use it for some pole dancing type shots.

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AOP part 33: DoubleTrouble

Just a quick aside, I've been involved with judging photo competitions and exhibitions for years. If you give your image a clever title, I can guarantee that us judges have heard it before.

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AOP part 32: Striking

And now we have the exact opposite. I have increased the saturation of key elements and pushed the contrast at the extremes as far as I can safely go.

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AOP part 31: Removing Drama

In most images we are looking to add impact, our standard tools for this will be saturation and contrast.

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AOP part 30: 'Sperimenting Some More

So of course I tried some more experiments, this time so that Maja was more clearly defined within her own space around the edges and letting the centre do whatever needs to be done to accommodate the final pseudo-kaleidoscope treatment.

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AOP part 29: 'Sperimenting

At the time I was post processing this set I had been messing around with creating straight reflecting shots, exactly symmetrical down the centre.

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AOP part 28: Keeping the Feel

We are just starting our fourth hour of our shoot at this point. You will have seen that while I've been using the backdrop any "set design" has not been obvious.

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AOP part 27: Emotional Content

By now you will have seen I use the word "emotion" frequently when discussing my images. You've guessed it, that is an important part of my images.

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AOP part 26: The Triangle: Difficulty of Framing

One room has this wonderful stepped triangle where two chimneys meet. It is a very strong compositional device.

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