Photo Jottings

Retelling a story through a series of pictures. Apple ad 1984 The story of the classic Apple ad aired at the Supperbowl 1984 is a cla...

Yellow steel door, concrete wall and vine Frank Lloyd Wright said, “A doctor can always bury his mistakes but an architect ...

When the light illuminates only one side of a face it can look as though the individual has only half a face. Photoshop to the rescu...

Shoot close or far? Framed in a portrait orientation, the first picture shows close-up detail. Framed in landscape orientat...

Sometimes the focus is the window itself. Other times the focus is in front of the window. And at times the focus is behind the...

Sometimes it is necessary to change the features in a face so the subject is not recognizable as a photographic likeness. Perhaps because yo...

Jack Sparrow was selling some knickknacks. Jack is clear enough but the market background is cluttered and distracting. If you...

Adding a speech balloon, a conversation bubble, Word lumps these under “call outs”, to a graphic needs a few steps if you don’t have...

The photograph is shot against the sun. Too bright in some places, too dark in others. You can adjust it using the Brightness/Contras...

Spine In a sense, a photograph of a book is a piece of text. Cover There’s writing in it. The medium just happens to be jpg or wh...

Mercedes 170d Taking pictures of classic cars: Cars are not so difficult to photograph, unless they are jammed into a parking place or...

Sunflowers. There is an amazing energy in a field of yellow sunflowers. Helen Keller said, 
”Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot...

“Dreaming of a white cat means good luck.” American superstition. “Black cat or white cat: If it can catch mice, it's a good cat.” C...

... Which picture? Selecting a picture from a succession of images moving past the camera. In the days of film, choosing the “decisive mom...

... A variation on the theme of lamps receding into the distance. Red foreground, red receding background. Leonardo da Vinci's thoughts ...