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One of the dreams of every serious photographer is to get that one photo that is so powerful that it can help define history. All the time, I wonder if I missed my chance by 12 hours. On the evening of September 10, 2001, I flew out of New York City. I was there for the Michael Jackson 30th Anniversary Concert and to take photos of the sights of NYC. I had no idea that 12 hours after my photographs were taken, the Twin Towers would no longer be there. But of course I was glad to have my life and safety.

Yesterday I read thru a post that was titled “13 Photographs That Changed The World” I had seen all but one of them before, but their power was still present on me.

Be sure to check the comments of that post for even more photos that could have been included.

I think that the BBC is the master of all media. I am constantly impressed by the documentaries, articles, etc on the BBC site. Yesterday I was checking out the photo tips from Tom Ang, a professional photographer and a senior lecturer in photographic practice in London.

The page is called “How To Take Good Photos” and the layout is simple. There are six categories. (Compsition, Light, Colour, Landscape, People, Being Ready) And, there are four to six subcategories under each main category. What I like about this is that each subcategory only has 3 or 4 one liner tips. Sometimes that is all it takes to get you started.

Link: BBC: How To Take Good Photographs

Well, I don’t know if the artist used the tutorial for changing color photos to black and white, but this image looks great. There is so much emotion in a emotionless photo.

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I love black and white photos. They succeed at pulling out details that you could have missed otherwise.

This morning I read a wonderful tutorial on the Digital Photography School Blog. This tutorial taught five different ways for you to create Black and White photos. The first one is using the in camera filter, which I tend to steer away from. The last four examples are post processing methods and all four offer good tips. Personally, I prefer the “Lab Color Method”, which is example number four.

If you’d like to learn the five techniques, you can read them here.