Do You Want to Understand Your Frustrating Camera and Take Great Photos Today?
I have worked as a studio photographer for more than 20 years. In this time, I have come to realize that even though I use high end lighting equipment on a regular basis, some of my best images were done with inexpensive speedlights and some DIY speedlight flash modifiers. Speedlights…
So you’ve had your camera for a while now, but your photos don’t look quite as interesting as you wish they would. Natural light can only get you so far, so maybe it is time to step up your lighting game and invest in some good lighting equipment. In this…
I personally love using beauty dishes; they’re my favourite lighting modifier, and produce some awesome results. They can be picked up with a lighting stand, and a grid, for only £100, and you will notice the difference immediately. One thing you will need though (if you want to use a full sized one) is a way of shooting with your flash off-camera, whether that’s wirelessly, or wired.
Window light is an excellent, free light source. It can achieve the same effects as much bigger, more expensive lighting equipment. A large window is essentially a huge softbox. It will diffuse light into the room and around the subject you place in front of it. The earliest photography studios didn’t…
Concert photography is arguably one of the most adrenaline-filled niches you can engage in as a photographer. Your role is to tell the story of the musician’s performance. Usually in ten minutes or less! Partner this with sporadic lighting and an excitable audience, and concerts can become a difficult environment…
Landscape photography is about a moment in time, a given place, and a photo. There is no formula for the perfect image. If there were, photographers of equivalent skill would take exactly the same photos. They don’t, and that is what keeps photography interesting. Landscape photography relies on your interpretation.…
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 one hour after sunrise and one hour…
This post is all about showing you how to take a great photo, at night, in very low light. This may not sound particularly difficult, but I assure you that if you try to shoot in auto mode, or even a priority mode then you would massively struggle to produce the same results. It’s not hard when you know what you’re doing, and that’s exactly what I aim to achieve from this post.
When working with studio portrait lighting (and in natural light photography as well) there are a number of lighting terms that you will need to know in order to assemble your kit and arrange your light sources to achieve the effects that you want. These lighting terms will also prove…
As a photographer, learning how to professionally capture portrait photography is one of the most important skills you can develop. Good portrait photographers are highly sought after and well respected. And it’s a great way for a budding amateur to turn a hobby into a career. Of course, if photography portraits…