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![2025 February 052](https://sean-smith.net/uploads/images/_1920xAUTO_crop_center-center_80_none_ns/2025-February-052.jpg)      [](#)## [HTO Beach](https://sean-smith.net/photography/hto-beach/)

 

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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/2025-April-049.jpg)   ](https://sean-smith.net/photography/sunset-sunrise/)

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

 

 

 

 [               ![](https://sean-smith.net/uploads/images/_1920x1280_crop_center-center_100_none_ns/2023-February-164.jpg)   ](https://sean-smith.net/photography/toronto/)

##  [ Toronto ](https://sean-smith.net/photography/toronto/) 

 

 

 

 

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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 January 012](https://sean-smith.net/uploads/images/_745x497_crop_center-center_100_none_b9b9b9_ns/2024-January-012.jpg)   ](https://sean-smith.net/articles/quality-vs-quantity-why-i-walk-home-with-fewer-photos/) [## Quality vs Quantity: Why I Return Home with Fewer Photos

A personal reflection on choosing quality over quantity in photography, taking fewer shots on photo walks, and learning to live with fewer keepers.

 

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  > When you photograph people in color, you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in black and white, you photograph their souls!

  – Ted Grant