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Weekly Photography Challenge - Black and White Landscape
Landscape photography is a popular genre, but it can be hard to do it really well. If you want to...
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...
Video Tutorial - Tips for Making Dramatic Black and White Landscape Photos
Shooting for black and white requires you to see a scene and think a little differently. You're looking for a...
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...
7 Photography Myths Exposed
Photographers, of all people, should know that the world is not black and white. There are many shades of grey...
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...
4 Tips for the Minimalist Photographer
I've photographed countless sessions in the past nine years. Weddings, families, children, newborns, seniors, huge extended family groups, community events,...
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...
How to Supercharge Your Photography with Highlight-Weighted Metering
Modern digital cameras have a variety of metering modes that they use to evaluate the light coming through the lens...
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...
How to Use Soft Light Blend Mode in Photoshop to Improve Exposure and Contrast
Do you have an overexposed sunny side and an underexposed shadow on the other side of your image? Or maybe...
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...
Video Tutorial: How to Make Realistic Images Faster with Aurora HDR 2018
As a landscape photographer who relies heavily on HDR to pull off much of my work, I’m always keen to...
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...
How to Use Puppet Warp in Photoshop
One of the most powerful distortion tools in Photoshop is the Puppet Warp command. First Introduced in Photoshop CS5, Puppet...
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...
How to Make a Little Planet Quickly and Easily in Photoshop
Do you find your panoramas a bit flat? Would you like to create a whole little planet out of a...
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...
How to Make Natural-Looking HDR Images with Aurora HDR 2018
Aurora HDR 2018 is tremendously easy, fun software by Macphun, designed for processing HDR (High Dynamic Range) images. If you’ve...
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...
3 Powerful Tips for the Perfect Vignette in Lightroom
The vignette is one of the most powerful ways to boost your photos. It reduces your photo’s brightness at corners...
Review: Struman Lenses for Mobile Phones
As the use of mobile phones as cameras become more popular people want to get the best possible images with...
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...
Five Creative Lenses That Will Make Your Photos Pop
The drive to be creative is what focuses many people in photography. One variable you can alter to help you...
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...
Review of the new Agua Versa Backpack 90 by Miggo
Photography is an expensive hobby, and yet still we love doing it whether be it professionally or as a passion....
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...
The Minimalist Landscape Photographer: What do you really need?
Landscape photography is arguably the first form of photography, literally. At some point around 1826, Joseph Nicéphore Niépce made an...
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...
Review of the new Spekular Modular LED Light System
I was fortunate enough to get hold of the new Spekular Modular LED kit from the people at Spiffy Gear...
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...
Fast FLASH For Portrait Perfection
Flash techniques & lighting set ups for studio-quality portraits
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.
Life in Natural Light
The Ultimate Guide to a photographer's most powerful tool, natural light.
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.
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...
