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PhotoVoyance

What is PhotoVoyance?

Clearly, it's a made-up word, and is used to emphasize the concept of taking photos with vision and clarity. Looking at our world through a lens can awaken an awareness of the poignancy of life's moments. This column will address both vision and techniques that may facilitate memorable captures.

No More Boring Photos!

~ Learn to See ~

by Maureen Spagnolo ~ Mar 4, 2013

Don't let your eyes restrict you to what you see. Allow your mind to direct your creation - turning a snapshot into a work of art conveying a vision true to yourself.

Photography:
A Way of Seeing or Recording ‘A Moment’

by Maureen Spagnolo ~ Jan 7, 2013

We are all photographers – any of us who have picked up a camera, and snapped a photograph. Why do we do it? Often, to capture the moment.

Exposure Triangle

by Maureen Spagnolo ~ Jun 21, 2012

Photography is about capturing light. Without light, there is no image. Since the invention of photography, the image captured on light-sensitive material has been called an exposure.

Know Your Tools

by Maureen Spagnolo ~ May 5, 2012

“It’s not like I saw it,” I heard a woman recently exclaim to her companion at the tidal basin in Washington DC. She was looking at the screen on her small digital camera, having just taken a snapshot of the cherry blossoms highlighting the Jefferson Memorial.