Ray Rhodes and his work first came to our attention in February during our Ribbon Photo Contest.  Ray’s entry took the first-runner-up position in the midst of tight competition.  Since then, he has contributed dozens of photos to our flickr pool, and I have personally followed his work extensively.  If I had to describe Ray’s [...]

This week, we’d like to share with you another inspiring abstract photograph. This time, we are sharing with you an untitled photograph by Eva Schmidt, a simple but compelling composition with a few subtle surprises.

This week we recognize a minimalist abstract photograph by Jos from our Flickr Group Pool. Minimalist abstract photography can teach us a great deal about composition. Read on to observe a fine example of such photography and to play a fun photography game.

As a nice follow-up to last week’s article about black & white photography, we share with you the work of Daniel Horacio Agostini. This week’s inspirational photo, “La Piedra Tallada #6″, inspires both our photographic mind, and our desire to travel. To learn more about this exotic photograph, read on.

DANGER! Sue Thompson, a perennial at the Shutter Photo @ Flickr Group, has a new camera. And it hasn’t hurt her at all. We once again spotlight one of her macro photographs for this week’s inspiration. We also learn an important lesson about how equipment affects our work.

Texture and Pattern – not as rigid as you think. In this week’s inspiring photo, we once again revisit the work of Judy Knesel to explore where the rules can be bent, and what beauty can be seen in every-day objects.

There is a playful side of architectural photography. This week’s inspiration, from the mind and camera of Kaylee Riek, shows us how.

Portraits, emotion, photographing time and shooting with what you have – this week’s inspiration from Aishath Azleena covers all the bases.

Though my own attempt at a Photo 365 Project has failed, I still follow all of the daily photo blogs that have sprung up.  None has given me more joy and inspiration than David Clark’s.  My own struggle with a daily photo project was that I was not satisfied with each and every one of [...]

Photography is the art of light.  Without light, photography has no medium, and we cannot create our art.  Light is beautiful in its own right.  It creates such interesting textures, patterns and colors.  It has a depth and quality that renders  potential subjects in so many different ways.  As photographers, it’s important that we take [...]

Funny thing about wide angle lenses:  Many emerging photographers don’t like using them.  Perhaps it’s difficult to focus with them because everything seems so small.  Perhaps composing with such a wide angle is more complicated than with a mid-range lens.  Whatever the reason, I feel that there are just not enough great examples of how [...]

Photojournalism or not? The line between is fuzzy, and this week’s inspiration straddles the line. Regardless of how one would classify it, this week’s photo is an inspiration to us all. Read on to learn why…

This week, we share with you a photo from Andy Herbon’s collection, a reinterpretation on a classic landmark shot. Are reiterations of classic photos a bad thing? We think not. Besides, we happen to like Andy’s photo. Read on to see why.

When one thinks of silhouette photos, sunsets and summer days and beaches come to mind.  Cold climates, snow covered escalators and tunnels are not at the forefront of our minds.  It may, however, have been be at the forefront of Emily Ferry’s mind when she created this beautiful photograph, Dupont North Metro Escalator.  I have [...]

I just wanted to inform everyone that we have added a posting limit of 7 photos per week for the Shutter Photo @ Flickr Pool.  We are not trying to offend anyone.  All of the photos that have been added to the pool are great sources of inspiration, and I’d hate  that any of them [...]