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Creating images

Creating images

Images explained - Short stories about making decisions

This page features a collection of posts that demonstrate how to add more interest to your photos. During the tour, I’ll guide you through this process. Some of these images were taken with a smartphone, proving that you don’t need expensive and heavy gear to achieve great results.

Creating meaningful images is what it’s all about. Snapshots are great for remembering where you’ve been, but if you want to give your photos more impact (and hang them on your wall) , you need to think about your vision—what you want to capture, how, and when. Sometimes you set out to create something specific, other times you discover something unexpected and bring your own vision to it. On my tours, you don’t need to worry about mastering this all right away, and you even don’t have to try it out on the spot. But if you’re curious and eager to learn, I’m here to guide and support you.

This is an insight into different scenarios and what I do to make the image work for me. Every photo here is a different situation and each one needs a different approach/technique.

When you look at the gallery, for each image I made choices. The compositions are the way I wanted them to be.

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Lines

Images explained – Little stories about making decisions Lines You have probably heard it many times. Lines. Leading…

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Depth

Images explained – Little stories about making decisions Depth When there are multiple people in a scene it…

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Sunsets

Images explained – Little stories about making decisions Sunsets It is always very tempting to capture the beautiful…

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Juxtaposition

Images explained – Little stories about making decisions Juxtaposition Closely related to looking and including something else in…

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Panning

Images explained – Little stories about making decisions Panning One of the easier techniques to create a different…

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Details

Images explained – Little stories about making decisions Details Often it is better not to shoot the entire…

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Revisiting locations

Images explained – Little stories about making decisions Revisiting locations It can be frustrating to visit a place…

Movement

Images explained – Little stories about making decisions Movement If you want to create movement you need to…

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Create order in the chaos

Images explained – Little stories about making decisions Create order in the chaos In Vietnam you can see…

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Rainy day

Images explained – Little stories about making decisions Rainy day A rainy day often destroys all photography plans.…

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Patience

Images explained – Little stories about making decisions Patience There used to be a very photogenic wall in…

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Luck

Images explained – Little stories about making decisions Luck Hanoi 2009 on the shores of Hoan Kiem lake.…