Want to add some energy and impact to your photos?

Try incorporating the color red into your composition.  Red is a high-visibility color which has plenty of impact.  Usually red is used as an accent color instead of a focal color; however, in some situations, like the photo above, red works well as the main focal color.  Photo By Robert Sabo/New York Daily News.

Does your photo tell a story?

Rocco Morabito (November 2, 1920 – April 5, 2009) was an American photographer who spent the majority of his career at the Jacksonville Journal.

Morabito won the 1968 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography for "The Kiss of Life", a Jacksonville Journal photo that showed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation between two workers on a utility pole. Randall G. Champion was unconscious and hanging upside down after contacting a high voltage line; fellow lineman J.D. Thompson revived him while strapped to the pole by the waist. Champion survived and lived until 2002, when he died of heart failure at the age of 64; Thompson is still living. The photograph was published in newspapers around the world.

Shoot the little details.

 I do enjoy the beauty and challenge of capturing the grandness of the weddings ceremonies however, I’m aware that much of the beauty of a wedding is often in the details.  Photos by Greg Gibson

Go fast or go home...

Try using a fast shutter speed combined with a large aperture to eliminate the background and isolate your subject.  Photo by Chuck Thomas.

Cool Runnings...

The winter olympics are approaching fast and with that in mind, here isa tip for shooting fast moving action in the cold.  Set your camera to the fastest burst mode and shoot while panning with the subject.  Shooting this way will allow you to get a variety of images from one sequence.  Photo by Tim Hipps, FMWRC Public Affairs

Getting great winter color.

Winter will always provide its share of color.  Sometimes you have to chase the light to accomplish this task.  Moose Peterson got up early in the morning to capture the above photo.  When you catch the light, check its direction.  Side lighting will give you more definition in your subject because the shadows are revealing texture and detail.  Photo by Moose Peterson.

Black and white in the snow.

Have you thought of shooting black and white snow photos?  You should give it a try.  Black and white truly brings out the contrast in tones between the snow and the landscape.  Photo by REUTERS/Mike Segar