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primary dominant color in portrait photography

How to Use Color in Portraits for Creative Storytelling

Why Color Is Important in Portrait Photography Color isn’t just something you add at the end. It’s not sprinkles on a cupcake or a filter slapped on in Snapchat. Color is the very heartbeat of your visual story—the atmosphere that wraps your character in emotion, context, and dream logic. In creative portraiture, especially when you’re…

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My Top 2020 Moments

2020 has really been something. A dumpster fire is the first description that comes to mind. And as we’re counting down the days until 2021 and a year that will hopefully see some semblance of old norms by the summer, I decided to find and appreciate the good things that happened this year. 2020 has been terrible and stressful and painful in numerous ways, but it’s been pretty incredible too. I didn’t realize how good until I started the annual exercise of reviewing my numbers and budgeting for next year (yes, I’m one of those nerds). Here are some of my top moments of 2020, both photographically and personally.