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![2026 January 021](https://sean-smith.net/uploads/images/_1920xAUTO_crop_center-center_80_none_ns/2026-January-021.jpg)      [](#)## [How can basketball save the world?](https://sean-smith.net/photography/how-can-basketball-save-the-world/)

A woman reads a book on the Toronto Subway.

 

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  ## Photography Genres

 For those who like labels, I have labelled some of my best work for you

 

 

 [               ![](https://sean-smith.net/uploads/images/_1920x1280_crop_center-center_100_none_ns/2024-November-042.jpg)   ](https://sean-smith.net/photography/street/)

##  [ Street ](https://sean-smith.net/photography/street/) 

 

 

 

 [               ![](https://sean-smith.net/uploads/images/_1920x1280_crop_center-center_100_none_ns/2025-April-049.jpg)   ](https://sean-smith.net/photography/sunset-sunrise/)

##  [ Sunset/Sunrise ](https://sean-smith.net/photography/sunset-sunrise/) 

 

 

 

 

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## Articles

 

 [             ![2024 May 031 car red only popped](https://sean-smith.net/uploads/images/_745x497_crop_center-center_100_none_b9b9b9_ns/2024-May-031-car-red-only-popped.jpg)   ](https://sean-smith.net/articles/selective-color/) [## Selective Color

Selective color, sometimes referred to as color popping, works by turning an image black and white while keeping the subject in color. Done well, it creates strong contrast and directs attention exactly where you want it. Done poorly, it can feel heavy-handed and distracting rather than effective.

 

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 [             ![2024-August-montreal-day2-003](https://sean-smith.net/uploads/images/_745x497_crop_center-center_100_none_b9b9b9_ns/2024-August-montreal-day2-003.jpg)   ](https://sean-smith.net/articles/best-5-of-2024/) [## Best 5 of 2024

My best 5 shots taken in 2024. A mix of black and white street photography and urban landscapes.

 

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  > Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.

  – Dorothea Lange