Photography Lessons From Ansell Adams

You can learn a great deal with photography lessons from Ansel Adams quotes. They may be just a short one line saying, yet those very words could help you discover your own hidden talents that lie within. Let’s go through a few of my favourite Ansell Adams quotes together and see the way I interpret […]

Ask Simple Questions To Improve Your Photography

One way to improve your photography is to question why you take photos. No doubt when you look through images on your mobile phone, it will be full of snaps you’ve taken and rarely looked at again! Pretty sunsets, cute animals, meals you’ve enjoyed. We are a snap happy society nowadays, taking shots of everything […]

Capturing Long Exposures For The First Time

Setting slow shutter speeds, long exposures, helps a photographer capture creative movement. If you’ve never experimented with long exposures before, then I recommend you grab your camera and tripod and give a few of these suggestions a try. Note: Low light is your best friend for long exposures. It’s best to shoot long exposures on overcast […]

How To Create Artificial Bokeh

It’s quite easy to create artificial bokeh. The holiday season may be over and you’ve packed away those Christmas lights. But wait! Did you know they are the perfect tool to create artificial bokeh when shooting indoors? Now go dig those lights out again, follow these easy steps and learn how to create artificial bokeh […]

How To Use Infinity To Focus On Stars

It is hard to focus on stars at night. If you’ve ever tried to photograph the Milky Way, no doubt you’ve noticed how hard it actually is. We have another more detailed article which is  aimed at helping you understand the process of focusing to infinity here. You may have also had other photographers tell […]

Quick Rundown On Lens Filters

Lens filters can serve numerous purposes. They can enhance colours, reduce reflections or simply protect your lens. Whether you need to purchase a filter will depend largely on what photography genre you shoot. For example, landscape photographers rely heavily on various lens filters, while portrait photographers rarely use them. Lens filter overview UV filters are […]

Our Best Macro Photography Tips

Shown below is a set of ten amazing macro images with macro photography tips for the relevant image. Each photograph also includes an explanation of the camera equipment that was used and camera settings. Many of the images below have been taken with a Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro lens, the settings can be reproduced with any […]

How To Photograph Cascading Water

When you photograph cascading water in rivers and creeks, it’s a lot of fun and the resulting images can be absolutely amazing. Yet you do need to be careful with swollen rivers and above all keep yourself and your expensive equipment safe. Listed below are our best photography tips for those wanting to photograph cascading […]

How To Focus For Landscapes

A beginner photographer asked me recently, “How or where do I focus for landscapes and what exactly does it mean when someone says ‘focus one third into the scene’? To be honest it’s something I’d wrongly presumed everyone understood how to do. When photographers shoot typical landscapes Generally landscape photographers want a wide angle image […]

Best Aperture Setting For Portraits

When considering the best aperture setting for portraits, keeping it simple will deliver better results. Generally speaking, portrait photographers want to isolate the person and nicely blur the background. Unless you are shooting a holiday snapshot, the background is normally unimportant. Therefore that’s what I’ll focus on in this post. Quick Aperture Rules If I’m […]

How To Photograph People Jumping

How do I photograph people jumping and get a sharp image? We often get this question via email or on our Facebook page. Photographing sharp images of people jumping isn’t as hard as it seems if you follow these few simple rules. In this tutorial I’ll show you my best tips for capturing jumps without […]

How To Shoot Fast Action Shots

Here are my best tips to shoot fast action shots, like the image of a go-cart racer shown below. Don’t let this photo fool you, this kid was flying! To capture images like this that seem frozen in a split second, you need to understand the basics of shutter speed, aperture and ISO. Manipulating any […]