I’ve always been a fan of monochrome photography and even wrote a book about creating and shooting black and white images called Creative Digital Monochrome Effects.

A photograph’s histogram is a graphical representation of the tonal distribution in a digital image, plotting It plots the number of pixels for each tonal value.

It’s “Tricky Tuesday,” which is a way for me to share some of the tricks, tips and techniques that I’ve used over the years when shooting portraits in the studio. I think a grid is one of the most underrated yet most useful studio lighting tools available.

Black and white is a wonderful media for making portraits because the lack of color helps to simplify the image, allowing the viewer to focus on the real subject of the photograph instead of being distracted by their clothing or surroundings.

On August 9th National Book Lovers Day wraps all of the excitement that bibliophiles feel about books into one big celebration. National Book Lovers Day is a day for all those who love to read and encourages us to find your favorite reading place, a good book (fiction or non-fiction) and read the day away.