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Photo Writing is the web version of the Photo Writing mini-magazine produced by Limephoto and Emil von Maltitz since 2010. As of 2015 it is now completely online. Feel free to browse through the articles and please leave comments in the comments section if you would like to engage with us.
Friday, April 25, 2014
The Element Approach
Over the last few months we have been looking at some of the principles of creative photographic composition. These being; the use of lines, space, showing distance, the ‘rule of thirds’ and framing. At this point it’s useful to start looking at composition in a more systematic manner, something that I refer to as the element approach to composition.
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Great Photographs Require Walking! April AI Drakensberg Trip
Edward Weston apparently once said that, "Anything more than 500 yards from the car just isn't photogenic". This, I suspect, was made when he was more interested in still life than in landscapes. I also suspect that he may have changed his mind later in life considering some of his later images. The one thing about the statement though, is that he was dead wrong!
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
5 Myths Debunked (About Being a Pro Photographer)
Me in the Berg shot by a student, Dov on one of the Drakensberg AI Workshops |
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