Joshua Dunlop

Low key photography is when you take a photo of a subject, and everything (or almost everything) except the subject in black. This can be achieved fairly easily and in brightly lit situations; it’s just all about having the right settings on your camera. It’s a cool technique which is useful for focusing the viewers attention onto a certain part of the photo, which is usually the subject. Here’s how it’s done.

This is one of the most common composition techniques around and it’s that way for a reason; it works. Photos that are correctly composed using the rule of thirds create depth and interest in a photo, and add an interesting balance between subjects and background. Once you start playing around with this rule, you’ll start to see it more naturally and your photos will begin to improve.

Resizing images in photoshop is simple and easy. You can do this with Lightroom, but when you only have a single image to resize, it’s often faster to do it in Photoshop. Step 1 – Resize An Image in Photoshop Using the Image Size Editor Open the image in Adobe…

If you’re lacking inspiration and don’t know what to take photos of, then marathons are great opportunities to broaden your photographic horizons. There is such a mixed range of emotions to capture in a challenging setting, it’ll test your skills, but still produce excellent results if you follow these 10 easy steps. Best of all, you don’t have to pay to get in, and you don’t need a pass to bring your camera – so get out there and start shooting!

Over the weekend, I visited an Ansel Adams exhibition in London. Having found his work even more breathtaking in print, I purchased a documentary about the man himself. It was an effort to learn more about the artist I admired. What I learned helped me see his creative process more…

When you’re working with a single point of interest in a photo, it’s one of the most basic forms of composition available, so quite a common occurrence and it pays to know what to do with it. A single point can provide interest to an otherwise plain photo, and they’re usually fairly small and contrasting to the rest of the photo.

I’ve written about film photography and I’ve written about black and white photography, so you’re probably wondering why I’m writing about black and white film photography. The answer is simple – there’s a lot more to it than meets the eye. The effects produced and the parameters you have to work within is very different to that of any other type of photography and these produce some very interesting results – results that you may associate with a much older style of photography.

Camera’s LCD displays are pretty bad at accurately representing what the photo looks like, which is why you should be using Histograms. Histograms give you a mathematical representation of how well exposed a photo is, which helps you to get the best photo possible when out on a shoot.

This is now my 3rd post on using lines as a composition technique, and in this post we’re going to be looking at the effect that adding diagonal lines does to a photo. Diagonal lines are important factors to try add to your photos now and then, as they create tension and dynamics in a photo and lead the eyes in a particular direction.

It’s summer (although perhaps not in the UK), and that means it’s time to practice your outdoor photography a little bit more. The trouble is though, it’s not as easy as you may think. There’s a few factors you need to be aware of, but I’m not talking about aperture,…

You may have noticed by now that I’ve not put any photos of a model on a white background on this site, and there’s a good reason for this – I find these photos boring and unimaginative and the shooting environment unconducive to interesting photography. You see, the way I see it, is that every pixel in a photo have an equal amount of importance and it’s your job, as the photographer, to ensure that each part of the photo looks good.

Window light photography is one of the simplest and most beautiful ways to take portraits. By using natural light streaming in through a window, you can create stunning images that have a soft, dreamy quality about them. But how do you shoot window light portraits? And what tips can help…