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Photography Tips & Tutorials

Useful Tips for the Hiking Photographer It’s summer here in the northern hemisphere and high season for hiking! There are many good reasons to leave home...

by Branson Quenzer

5 Tips to Help Build Your Confidence in Photography Think of your last bad day of photography, a time where you just blew a whole batch of portraits, or...

by Darlene Hildebrandt

Weekly Photography Challenge - Animals First, have a look at these image of wild animals for some inspiration. Weekly Photography Challenge - Animals This week...

by Kav Dadfar

5 Photography Pitfalls to Avoid That No One Tells You About Taking photos is easy, but being a photographer is an entirely different proposition. Whether photography is a hobby or a...

by Stacey Hill

10 Photography Bad Habits for You to Conquer Let's define what a bad habit is first; A habitual behavior considered to be detrimental to one's wellbeing. However, this...

by Bruce Wunderlich

Understanding Depth of Field for Beginners You may have heard the term depth of field (DoF), but if you are new to photography you may not...

by Will Nicholls

How to Find Animals for Wildlife Photography Beginners Wildlife photography may seem like an attractive field of photography to you, but one of the most daunting things for...

by Annie Tao

Understand Exposure in Under 10 Minutes There are countless Photography books and classes that explain exposure, yet after reading or attending them, your photos may not...

by Karthika Gupta

5 Tips for Location Scouting Before a Photo Session Maybe by a show of virtual hands, how many of us have ever been in a situation where we have gone to...

by Elliot Hook

The Ultimate Guide to Learning how to use Your first DSLR If you’ve bought yourself a DSLR and, after unpacking it from the box, you are intimidated by the number of...

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Post Production

by Christian Hoiberg

First Impressions of Picktorial Raw Image Processing Software Lightroom and Photoshop are by far the two most well-known processing software for photographers, but they aren't the only options....

by Suzi Pratt

Top 5 Nik Collection Filters to Improve Your Landscape Photos One of the best image editing programs available right now happens to be free. The Nik Collection by Google is a...

by Lara Joy Brynildssen

Quick and Dirty Method of Using the Photoshop Spot Healing Brush Tool Let’s say you use Lightroom and you’ve tried and tried to get rid of those distracting spots using Lightroom’s Spot...

by Rick Berk

To Process or Not To Process? Let's Discuss Often when I’m looking at photos in forums online, or interacting with photographers in person, inevitably someone will proudly claim...

by Jesus Ramirez

How to Remove People from Your Photos Using Photoshop The worst part about taking photos of monuments and city streets is that you always get cars and people blocking...

by Andrew S. Gibson

The 6 Most Important Things You Need to Know about Lightroom's Develop Module Lightroom is powerful, but it’s also complex and has a steep learning curve. If you feel overwhelmed by all the...

by Andrea Minoia

How to Backup and Manage Your Photos When Traveling Without a Computer With the summer holiday season coming up, you may have already begun the painstaking process of dividing your equipment into...

by Jim Hamel

12 Tips for Mastering the Clone Stamp Tool in Photoshop There are a lot of good post-processing tools available for making minor edits to your photos. Within Photoshop, there are...

by Sean McCormack

How to Use the Folders Panel in Lightroom The web is full of articles about Lightroom’s Develop Module. It’s the flash part of Lightroom, making our images look...

by John Davenport

5 Things You Should Know About Lightroom Before Starting So you just installed Lightroom, now what? You could spend some time just playing around and learning through doing, but...

by Leanne Cole

Photo Editing Alternative - An Overview of ACDSee Ultimate 10 As more and more people take up digital photography and want to get started editing, many are asking the question,...

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Cameras & Equipment

by Suzi Pratt

Concert Photography 101: Cameras and Lenses for Beginners If you've ever wondered how to become a concert photographer, one of the very first steps is to acquire the...

by Andrew S. Gibson

8 Things to Consider Before You Buy Your Next Lens Are you thinking of buying a new lens for your camera? Stop, and read this article first. One of the...

by Darlene Hildebrandt

Clear or UV Filters - Essential or a Waste of Money? In this video from Phil Steele he discusses the debate over whether or not you should use clear or UV...

by Suzi Pratt

Brand Name Versus Third-Party Photography Gear: Which is better? Not long ago, there were two types of camera accessories to buy: brand items designed by known manufacturers such as...

by Christian Hoiberg

dPS Writer's Favorite Lens: the Nikon 16-35mm F4 The Nikon 16-35mm f/4 lens is the one I use the most - here's why! As a full-time photographer, you...

by Sarah Hipwell

5 DIY Hacks to Have in Your Camera Bag 1. Camera strap(s) I stopped using the camera strap that comes with the camera (DSLR) quite awhile ago now. My...

by Sime

VSGO Camera Sensor Cleaning Kit Review Cleaning your camera sensor for the first time can be a scary thing! But the fact of the matter is...

by Gina Milicia

A Beginners Guide to Light Modifiers Regardless of the light source you use (daylight, continuous or flash) it’s really easy to use light modifiers or shapers...

by Jim Hamel

Overview of the ThinkTank Airport Helipak V2.0: More Than Just a Drone Case When was the last time you rushed into another room to tell your spouse about the new bag you got?...

by Simon Ringsmuth

DSLR vs Mirrorless: Guide to help you decide which is right for you? Recently there has been a great deal of buzz in the photographic community regarding a few terms that might sound...

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Resources

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Fast FLASH For Portrait Perfection Flash techniques & lighting set ups for studio-quality portraits

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Photo Nuts and Shots Photo Nuts and Shots will teach you the craft of photography – so you can take evocative photos that truly connect with viewers and reflect your creative vision.

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Life in Natural Light The Ultimate Guide to a photographer's most powerful tool, natural light.

Course

Photo Nuts and Bolts Put down your user manual, say goodbye to ‘Auto’ mode and learn firsthand how to use your camera to its full potential.

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Portraits: After The Shot When you have real confidence in your own workflow and post processing skills you'll be able to share your own...

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