ARTICLE SUMMARY: A picture is worth a thousand words. In design those pictures better be good or your target audience will never read those thousand words.

7 PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS TO ENHANCE YOUR UI DESIGNS” by Renee Fleck discusses what we should be considering when using photos in our designs. Renee offers several tips to guid us on how to use those photos. Some of those considerations are

  • That photos should serve a purpose
  • We should consider the mood
  • Should we use stock or custom

Along with the other tips these will help make your designs more visually appealing and more effective at holding your users attention and help persuade them to take the desired actions.

Using these tips and spending a little extra time on how the photography is used can pay off big time for you and your clients.

Maybe you have a few tips of your own you would like to share, let us know in the comments.