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.

The Maryland Renaissance Fair - A Good Day Out!

by Maureen Spagnolo
Oct 21, 2014

You arrive as spectator, and are soon transformed into a participant. The Maryland Renaissance Festival embraces you as you step through the gates into Revel Grove—a 16th century English village with maypole dancing, knights jousting, me-ladies parading...

Shoot the "Wow"

by Maureen Spagnolo
Apr 22, 2014

So, we've been taking photographs for years and years – shots of our children growing up, and of their special days, and maybe if we’re old enough, shots of our grandkids.

Seeing the Light - Part Two

~ Part 2: The Colors of Light ~

by Maureen Spagnolo
Sep 12, 2013

Seeing a rainbow is always a treat – and reminds us that light consists of all those colors, though we're usually blind to them.

Seeing the Light - Part One

~ Part 1: The Quality of Light ~

by Maureen Spagnolo
Aug 18, 2013

You may have heard photographers talk about “the magic hour” - which is essentially the hour or so on each side of sunrise and sunset when the light is golden, and when textures, shadows and colors are warm and vivid.

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.