Photography For Beginners

Compare camera lens types by focal length, zoom range, and specialist features. Use the chart to choose a view, then check sensor size and mount compatibility.

Today, we are comparing Capture One vs Lightroom. These are two of the top photo software on the market today, and you will come across both in the photographic industry. Both digital imaging software allow us to store, sort, and edit our photographs.  Each photo editing program has its own…

Explore 25 controversial photographs and the stories behind them. Learn why their subjects, methods, authorship, and publication remain debated.

Explore 12 street fashion photographers, from Joshua Woods to Scott Schuman. Find portfolios, classic archives and ideas for your own street portraits.

Every photographer needs to know about aspect ratio for photos. It relates to the shape and dimensions of an image, so it’s important for composition, editing, displaying, and printing photographs.  There are several common aspect ratios in photography, so you need to find the best one to suit your work.…

Adjusting your white balance in Lightroom is one of the most convenient ways to color-correct your photographs. Shooting in different light conditions can cause unwanted color casts over our images. Adobe Lightroom provides a range of different ways to counter this color cast.  Many cameras can automatically adjust the white…

A friend of mine was asking me advice on which lens she should buy the other day and my standard reply was ‘get a 50mm 1.8, unless you’re shooting on Nikon, in which you should get a 35mm as the angle will work better on your crop sensor’, to which she replied, ‘what’s a crop sensor?’ The lack of knowledge about the type of camera surprised me, but looking back, I remember when I didn’t know either. So this post is about setting it straight and helping you to make the right choice when it comes to buying a lens.

Equivalent focal length is something every photographer needs to know about. But while it might seem complicated at first, it’s actually quite simple once you understand the concept.  This article explains exactly what equivalent focal length is and why it’s important in photography. We look at how it relates to…

The Warp tool in Photoshop is a powerful tool you can use in many different ways. You can use it both to correct a perspective and manipulate an image for creative design. Tools like this make Adobe Photoshop a must-have software for all digital creatives.  Today, we will give you…

Explore 16 music photographers, from Mick Rock and Bob Gruen to Maggie London. See concert photographs, musician portraits, backstage stories, and album artwork, with ideas to study for your own shoots.

Micro Four Thirds is a mirrorless, interchangeable-lens camera system. It was introduced in 2008 by Panasonic and Olympus to rival the larger mirrorless and DSLR cameras of the other camera brands. The Micro Four Thirds camera system gives photographers a smaller and more compact alternative to DSLRs and larger mirrorless cameras. In…

The Sirui Sniper Series f/1.2 lens set is fantastic, but not without flaws. The value is exceptional, and they are specialist APS-C format lenses videographers amateur and pro will appreciate.  When I first heard about Sirui, I was still new to the media production industry. I remember the team used…