Photography For Beginners

Moody landscape photography is about capturing a scene’s feeling rather than just reproducing what you see. It can be a great way to create evocative and atmospheric images that capture a sense of place and time. 8 Moody Landscape Photography Tips Here are eight tips to help you get started.…

Composition is a funny old thing, because it’s common knowledge that learning composition will help your photography, but it’s also something you should never really pay too much consideration too. I always feel that it’s best to teach people composition under the guidance that it’s training a person’s eyes to look at a potential photo in a different way. You should never just blindly follow the ‘rules’, but you can use your new knowledge to shape your photos into something which is much more pleasing to the eye.

Learn how to pan with a moving subject, choose shutter speeds, focus, and create a sharp subject against a blurred background.

When you shoot a day to night time-lapse, you get to document the way different times of the day affect a landscape. It takes time, but a day to night (or night to day timelapse!) is a fantastic way to improve your videography skills and make some extraordinary footage. What…

Wildlife photography is one of the most rewarding genres, but it can be tricky if you don’t have the right wildlife photography gear.  You can use pretty much any camera and lens to snap pictures of creatures and critters in your backyard or local park. But if you want to…

Long exposures can produce wonderful results. But they can also be a disaster. Photzy wants to help you be more successful with your experiments in this field with their Complete Guide to Long Exposure Photography e-book. So the question is, how complete is the guide and is it worth your…

Studio lighting set-ups can have two, three, four or even more lights to create a specific look. The hair light is part of many studio lighting set-ups for portraits. But what is a hair light? And how do you add one to a studio lighting set-up? Build your next portrait photography…

An aspherical lens might be the answer to improving image quality. But one question—do your photos look soft toward the edges? If so, your lens might suffer from spherical aberration. The solution is simple. Use an aspherical lens. What Is the Difference Between a Spherical and an Aspherical Lens? The…

High-contrast scenes are a photography nightmare, with shadows that are too dark and highlights that are too light. Enter Active D-Lighting, Nikon’s proprietary technology, to rescue high-contrast scenes in-camera. Nikon’s Active D-Lighting isn’t as time-intensive nor as over-the-top as HDR but it can improve photographs in similar situations. But what’s…

A DIY backdrop stand can let you take creative photos of people and products in the comfort of your own home. Photo backdrop stands are relatively cheap to make and are very easy to assemble. Read on to find out how you can make your own DIY backdrop stand! Materials…

The right light can make a single photo stop you in your tracks. Imagine a warm, natural glow that makes everyone and everything look their best. That’s the magic of golden hour photography. What is Golden Hour Photography? The golden hour is roughly the first hour after sunrise and the last hour…

Studio photographers know that there are a slew of wonderful lighting combinations they can use for their subjects. There is the triangle arrangement, split lighting, Rembrandt lighting, paramount lighting… Wait. Paramount lighting? That sounds like something out of a movie! Well, you’re not too far off. One of the most…