As a photographer, learning how to professionally capture portrait photography is one of the most important skills you can develop. Not only are good portrait photographers highly sought after and well respected, but it’s a great way for a budding amateur to turn a hobby into a career. Of course, if…
Fisheye lens photography is a genre that depends completely on one thing: the extreme panoramic perspective created by the fisheye lens. These lenses are wild beasts in the world of camera lenses, due to their huge field of view and strong visual distortions. Some people love them, some hate them; some consider…
“Beauty can be seen in all things, seeing and composing the beauty is what separates the snapshot from the photograph.” —Matt Hardy Landscape photography has been a long-time favourite interest among photographers from all levels of expertise. Rather than using environments as mere backdrops for a subject, this type of photography…
What is street photography? There are many ways to describe and explain street photography, but honestly, I hate definitions. I think they limit your vision. And vision is essential. To me, street photography is just documenting human life. Period. Candid or with permission? I don’t care. Color or black and…
There are lots of numbers and letters on lenses, but what do they mean? It’s actually not that difficult to understand, so allow me to break it down for you. This was another requested post from Barbara who’s on my video training course. When you’re on the course, you can…
I’ve covered shutter speed in great detail before, but recently this question popped up: ‘When would you typically use all the different shutter speeds?’ It dawned on me, that it wouldn’t hurt to provide a list of when you would typically use different shutter speeds, so here it is. Thanks to…
I’ve been writing on this site for a while now, and I’ve put together a lot of good content, but the trouble is that a lot of it can be hard to find, especially if you don’t know what you’re looking for. This post will walk you though everything that a beginner in photography should learn, and in the order that they’re supposed to learn it. Welcome to my 100th post.
Learning how to take great photos is about more than just understanding how your camera works. Sure, you need to know how to use it, but what about when it comes time to actually use your camera in the wild? Not only should have a good idea of all different…
For those who don’t know, the DIY Photography equipment niche has gone from strength to strength recently, as more people become interested in photography, but can’t afford all the tasty equipment that comes with it. As a lover of putting together flatpack furniture (yeah, that’s right), I love DIY photography.…