How To Photograph In Harsh Lighting Conditions
In this post, you will learn how to photograph amazing images in harsh lighting conditions. When you first start using your DSLR or Mirrorless camera, you learn that dawn and dusk are prime lighting conditions for photography. However that doesn’t mean you should put your camera away in the middle of the day. Done right, […]
Photographing on Rainy Days
Photographing on rainy days can provide great opportunities to capture interesting and creative images. Don’t worry, I’m not referring to shooting in the pouring rain. What you can do is capture great pictures from indoors looking out, while it is raining. Or alternately wait for the rain to stop, then shoot through raindrops that settles […]
Color Concepts: Warm Verses Cool Color Temperatures
In photography, color concepts can vary greatly. For example, when you take photos, do you ever think about whether you want to create a warm or cool image? Take these two images below. I shot these two images one after another, yielding different results depending on how I set my camera’s color temperature. Apart from […]
How To Use Exposure Compensation
This article will explain when to use your cameras exposure compensation setting. Have you ever taken a photo to find it darker or lighter than you wished it would be? Exposure compensation tells the camera that a photograph needs to be lighter or darker than the automatic calculated exposure. Some cameras have a button similar […]
10 Tips To Improve Your Photos Instantly
1. Clean The Lens Our first tip to help improve your photos may seem obvious, but when was the last time you cleaned your lens? There is no point trying to take great photos if the glass is dirty. To improve your photos, you should clean the lens each time you take your camera out […]
Photographing Sunsets with Telephoto Lens
One of my favourite ways of photographing sunsets or sunrises is to use a telephoto lens (300-400mm focal length). Shooting at longer focal lengths will give the feeling that the sun is much closer to other elements seen within the same frame. It’s best to photograph sunsets with a faster shutter speed so not to […]
How To Take Sharper Photos
Do your photos ever look grainy, blurred or not as sharp as you’d like? Here are our best tips on how to take sharper photos than you ever thought possible. Tripods If you move even in the slightest when taking a photo, your image can appear blurred due to camera shake. This is especially true when […]
How To Stay Motivated In Photography
To stay motivated in photography, or in any field of pursuit, can be problematical at times, especially those in the artistic world. Writers get writers block. Photographers get photographers block. It happens and the good news is, it can be overcome. Every photographer inevitably reaches a point when the motivation starts to fade, you start […]
How to Photograph Water
When considering how to photograph water, you need to have a certain look in mind before you begin. Do you want the water to look milky or do you want to freeze the motion, catching each droplet as it’s own? Each technique has its own challenges. The biggest challenge is finding the correct light. To […]
Advantages of a 50mm Prime Lens
I recommend a 50mm prime lens more often than not, when answering one of the most regular questions I receive from beginners. “What lens should they purchase” when they are ready to move on from the kit lens. This is a prime lens every photographer should have in their camera bag. When comparing a 50mm […]
Mastering Low Light Photography
Low light photography need not be a tricky assignment. Knowing your camera settings, and how far you can push those settings, will make it simpler to obtain a sharp image. Below is our best quick tips for taking photos in low light. The Problem Taking photos in low light indoors, where there is less available […]
How to Photograph Belt Of Venus
This post will show you how to photograph Belt of Venus. “The Belt of Venus is an atmospheric phenomenon visible shortly before sunrise or after sunset, during civil twilight, when a pinkish glow extending roughly 10–20° above the horizon surrounds the observer. The planet Venus, when visible, is typically located in the Belt of Venus.” […]